Strong's G4441
πυνθάνομαι(pynthánomai)
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- Greek (New Testament)
Definition
to question, i.e. ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from G2065 (ἐρωτάω), which properly means a request as a favor; and from G154 (αἰτέω), which is strictly a demand for something due; as well as from G2212 (ζητέω), which implies a search for something hidden; and from G1189 (δέομαι), which involves the idea of urgent need); by implication, to learn (by casual intelligence)
Derivation
middle voice prolonged from a primary (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses);
KJV Translation
In the King James Version, πυνθάνομαι is translated as: ask, demand, enquire, understand.
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.