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Strong's #350 - ἀνακρίνω
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ἀνακρίνω,
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1. examine closely, interrogate, esp. judicially, Παυσανίαν Th. 1.95, cf. Antipho 2.1.9, Pl. Smp. 201e; ἀ. τινὰ πόθεν ζῇ Diph. 32.3; sound a person, LXX 1 Samuel 20:12.
2. inquire into, ἀ. τοὺς ἐργασαμένους Antipho 2.3.2; τὴν [αἰτίαν ] Phld. Po. 994 Fr. 21, cf. Lib. p.21 O.: — Med., ἀ. ποινὰ τίς ἔσται what remedy there shall be, Pi. P. 4.63.
II
1. examine magistrates so as to prove their qualification, D. 57.66 and 70.
2. of the magistrates, examine persons concerned in a suit, so as to prepare the matter for trial, And. 1.101, Isa 5.32; ὁ ἄρχων ἀνέκρινε πᾶσιν ὑμῖν καὶ ἀνακρίνας ει[]σήγαγεν εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον D. 48.31, cf. Arist. Ath. 56.6: — Pass., ἀνεκρίθησαν αἱ ἀμφισβητήσεις D. 48.23: — Med., οὐκ ἀνεκρίνατο ταύτην [τὴν γραφήν ] he did not have it examined, of the prosecutor, Id. 21.103, cf. 53.17.
3. generally, examine, μάρτυρας SIG 953.46 (Calymna); τινά 1 Corinthians 9:3 : — Med., Michel 409.9 (Cos).
4. select, Ps.-Callisth. 3.26.
III in Med., abs., ἀνακρίνεσθαι πρὸς ἑωυτούς dispute, wrangle one with another, Hdt. 9.56.
ἀνα -κρίνω ,
[in LXX: 1 Samuel 20:12 (H2713), Da LXX Su 1:13, LXX, TH Su 1:48, 51 *;]
to examine, investigate, question (Lft., Notes, 181 f.): Acts 17:11, 1 Corinthians 2:14-15; 1 Corinthians 4:3-4; 1 Corinthians 9:3; 1 Corinthians 10:25; 1 Corinthians 10:27; 1 Corinthians 14:24; in forensic sense (MM, VGT, s.v.; esp. of examination by torture; v. Field, Notes, 120 f.), Luke 23:14, Acts 4:9; Acts 12:19; Acts 24:8; Acts 28:18.†
SYN.: see ἐξετάζω G1833.
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For the judicial sense ";examine,"; as in 1 Corinthians 9:3, cf. Michel 409.9 (beginning of iii/B.C.) τοὺς μὲν πλεί ]στους τῶν διαφερομένων ἀνα [κρινάμ ]ενοι πολλάκις ἐφ᾽ αὑτοὺς διέλυον συμφ [ερόντως ], Syll 512.46 (ii/B.C.) ἀνακρινάντω δὲ καὶ το [ὺ ]ς μάρτυρας. The substantive (q.v.) is found in the previous line of the latter inscription.
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