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apokrinō G611

ἀποκρίνω (apokrinō) means “to answer” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ἀποκρίνω Greek · G611 231 tagged occurrences in 231 verses

Pronunciation guide: ap-ok-ree'-nom-ahee Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G0611

ἀποκρίνω · apokrinō · to answer

ἀποκρίνω, ἀποκρίνομαι, [in LXX chiefly for ענה ;] in cl., 1. to separate, distinguish. 2. to choose. Mid., to answer: Mat.27:12, Mrk.14:61, Luk.3:16 23:9, Jhn.5:17, 19 Act.3:12. In late Gk. the pass, also is used in this sense, and pass. forms are the more frequently in NT (M, Pr., 39, 161; MM, see word); (a) in general sense: absol., Mrk.12:34; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.22:46; with dative of person(s), Mat.12:38; before πρός, Act.25:16; (b) Hebraistically (i) like ענה, to begin to speak, take up the conversation (Kennedy, Sources, 124f.): Mat.11:25, al., (ii) redundant, as in the Heb. phrase וַיַּעַן וַיּאֹמֶר (Dalman, Words, 24f., 38; M, Pr., 14; Bl., §58, 4; 74, 2; Cremer, 374): ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπε, Mat.4:4; ἔφη, 8:8; λέγει, Mrk.3:33; in Jo most frequently (ἀπεκ. κ. εἶπε, 1:49. ) (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I answer, reply, take up the conversation.

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How translators render G611

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
replied 58
answered 45
vvv 15
asked 10
he replied 10
said 10
jesus replied 8
he answered 6
they answered 6
they replied 5
have you no answer 3
jesus answered 3
to answer 3
and said 2
responded 2
spoke 2
you answer 2
addressed 1
and replied 1
answer 1
answers 1
began his response 1
declared 1
demanded 1
gave no answer 1
he addressed 1
he gave no answer 1
he said 1
i told 1
in response 1
jesus did not answer 1
jesus gave no answer 1
jesus had answered 1
jesus told 1
john replied 1
made no further reply 1
made no reply 1
said to him 1
she replied 1
the king will answer 1
the man had answered 1
they answered that 1
they asked 1
to say 1
will answer 1
will reply 1
you have answered 1
you will not answer 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
answered 144
he answered 30
answering 25
they answered 14
answer 5
he answering 4
to answer 3
answerest thou 2
answereth 2
shall 2
shall answer 2
and he answered 1
he had answered 1
he shall answer 1
i answered 1
shall he answer 1
she answered 1
thou hast answered 1
ye will 1

Verses containing G611

Page 3 of 5. 231 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Luke 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and carry it out.”

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  2. Luke 8:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Jesus overheard them and said to Jairus, “Do not be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.”

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  3. Luke 9:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that a prophet of old has arisen.”

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  4. Luke 9:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”

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  5. Luke 9:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”

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  6. Luke 9:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us.”

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  7. Luke 10:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

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  8. Luke 10:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”

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  9. Luke 10:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Martha, Martha,” the Lord replied, “you are worried and upset about many things.

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  10. Luke 11:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Do not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’

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  11. Luke 11:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”

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  12. Luke 13:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    To this He replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this way?

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  13. Luke 13:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it.

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  14. Luke 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”

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  15. Luke 13:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water?

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  16. Luke 13:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’

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  17. Luke 14:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”

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  18. Luke 15:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

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  19. Luke 17:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Were not all ten cleansed?” Jesus asked. “Where then are the other nine?

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  20. Luke 17:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God will not come with observable signs.

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  21. Luke 17:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”

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  22. Luke 19:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”

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  23. Luke 20:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I will also ask you a question,” Jesus replied. “Tell Me:

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  24. Luke 20:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So they answered that they did not know where it was from.

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  25. Luke 20:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”

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  26. Luke 22:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Jesus answered, “No more of this!” And He touched the man’s ear and healed him.

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  27. Luke 22:68 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And if I ask you a question, you will not answer.

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  28. Luke 23:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.

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  29. Luke 23:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Herod questioned Jesus at great length, but He gave no answer.

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  30. Luke 23:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment?

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  31. Luke 24:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One of them, named Cleopas, asked Him, “Are You the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in recent days?”

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  32. John 1:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”

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  33. John 1:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.

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  34. John 1:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “How do You know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”

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  35. John 1:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

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  36. John 1:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus said to him, “Do you believe just because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.”

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  37. John 2:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”

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  38. John 2:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”

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  39. John 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

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  40. John 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

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  41. John 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

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  42. John 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

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  43. John 3:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

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  44. John 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”

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  45. John 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

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  46. John 4:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

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  47. John 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.”

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  48. John 5:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”

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  49. John 5:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”

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  50. John 5:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.

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