κρούωkroúō
to rap
Greek (New Testament) · G2925
Meanings
to strike, knock: at a door (κόπτειν, in Att.), Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8, Luke 11:9, Luke 11:10, Luke 12:36, Acts 12:16, Revelation 3:20; with accusative, τ. θύραν, Luke 13:25, Acts 12:13.
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 7:7 “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.
- Matthew 7:8 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
- Luke 11:9 “And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.
- Luke 11:10 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
- Luke 12:36 as though you were waiting for your master to return from the wedding feast. Then you will be ready to open the door and let him in the moment he arrives and knocks.
- Luke 13:25 When the master of the house has locked the door, it will be too late. You will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.