G4441 · πυνθάνομαι
pynthánomai · ask, demand, enquire
G4441 (pynthánomai) is the Greek word πυνθάνομαι in Strong’s dictionary: to question, i.e. ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely. It appears 12 times in 12 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- πυνθάνομαι (Greek)
- Transliteration
- pynthánomai
- Derivation
- middle voice prolonged from a primary (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses);
- 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)
- Rendered in the KJV
- ask, demand, enquire, understand
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
12 occurrences in 12 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “he asked” ×3
- “and asked” ×2
- “I ask” ×1
- “Learning” ×1
- “and began to question them” ×1
- “he inquired as to” ×1
- “of acquiring” ×1
- “to ask” ×1
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