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ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν

To answer · to say

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ἀποκρίνομαι G611 to answer
Pronunciation apokrínomai
To answer or respond; Hebraically, to begin speaking or introduce new topic in conversation.
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λέγω G3004 to say
Pronunciation légō
Emphasizes meaning and thought content of speech, not mere utterance; what is said corresponds to thought
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What does ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν (apokritheis ho Iēsous eipen) mean in the Bible?

ἀποκρίνομαι · λέγω is a Greek word meaning "Jesus answered and said".

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Meaning

Jesus answered and said
Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

Tenses
Aorist Present Future
Voices
Passive Middle
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 104×
Aorist Passive Matt 3:15 · Matt 4:4 · Matt 8:8 · Matt 11:4 · Matt 11:25 · Matt 12:39 · Matt 12:48 · Matt 13:11 · Matt 13:37 · Matt 14:28 · Matt 15:3 · Matt 15:13 · Matt 15:15 · Matt 15:24 · Matt 15:26 · Matt 15:28 104×
Indicative states a fact or reality 121×
Aorist Passive Matt 15:23 · Matt 27:14 · Mark 7:28 · Mark 9:17 · Mark 12:28 · Mark 12:29 · Mark 12:34 · Mark 15:5 · Mark 15:9 · Luke 4:4 · Luke 8:50 · Luke 13:15 · Luke 17:20 · John 1:21 · John 1:26 · John 1:48 104×
Aorist Middle Matt 27:12 · Mark 14:61 · Luke 3:16 · Luke 23:9 · John 5:17 · John 5:19 · Acts 3:12 7×
Present Middle Matt 26:62 · Mark 14:60 · Mark 15:4 · John 18:22 · John 12:23 · John 13:26 · John 13:38 7×
Future Passive Matt 25:37 · Matt 25:44 · Matt 25:45 3×
Imperative command or strong request 2×
Aorist Passive Mark 11:29 · Mark 11:30 2×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 2×
Aorist Passive Matt 22:46 1×
Present Middle Col 4:6 1×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 3×
Aorist Passive Mark 9:6 · Mark 14:40 · Luke 22:68 3×
232 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 1307 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 2 ongoing 654 imperative 9 background 151 subjunctive 10 infinitive 43 participle 438
Tense
present 1134 imperfect 151 aorist 22
Voice
active 1282 passive 25
Mood
indicative 807 participle 438 infinitive 43 subjunctive 10 imperative 9
NT Occurrences
Matthew 1:20 λέγων present active participle participle Matthew 1:22 ῥηθὲν aorist passive participle participle Matthew 1:22 λέγοντος present active participle participle Matthew 2:13 λέγων present active participle participle Matthew 2:15 ῥηθὲν aorist passive participle participle Matthew 2:15 λέγοντος present active participle participle Matthew 2:17 ῥηθὲν aorist passive participle participle Matthew 2:17 λέγοντος present active participle participle Matthew 2:2 λέγοντες present active participle participle Matthew 2:20 λέγων present active participle participle Matthew 2:23 ῥηθὲν aorist passive participle participle Matthew 3:14 λέγων present active participle participle Matthew 3:17 λέγουσα present active participle participle Matthew 3:2 λέγων present active participle participle Matthew 3:3 ῥηθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 3:3 λέγοντος present active participle participle Matthew 3:9 λέγειν present active infinitive infinitive Matthew 3:9 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 4:10 λέγει present active indicative ongoing Matthew 4:14 ῥηθὲν aorist passive participle participle Matthew 4:14 λέγοντος present active participle participle Matthew 4:17 λέγειν present active infinitive infinitive Matthew 4:19 λέγει present active indicative ongoing Matthew 4:6 λέγει present active indicative ongoing Matthew 5:18 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 5:2 λέγων present active participle participle Matthew 5:20 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 5:22 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 5:26 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 5:28 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 5:32 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 5:34 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 5:39 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 5:44 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 6:16 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 6:2 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 6:25 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 6:29 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 6:31 λέγοντες present active participle participle Matthew 6:5 λέγω present active indicative ongoing +1267 more occurrences

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Cross-Language Connections

Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.

עָנָה ʿānāh H6030 Related Hebrew
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed , i.e. pay attention ; by implication, to respond ; by extension to begin to speak ; specifically to sing , shout , testify , announce
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Colossians 4 — Prayer, Wise Witness, Faithful Service, and Gospel Fellowship John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness Mark 15 — The Crucified King: Condemnation, Mockery, Death, Confession, and Burial Mark 16 — He Has Risen: The Empty Tomb, the Angelic Announcement, Galilee Promise, and Trembling Witness Matthew 16 — The Confession of the Christ, the Church Christ Builds, and the Cross-Shaped Way of Discipleship Matthew 22 — The Wedding Banquet, the King’s Invitation, and the Messiah Who Is David’s Lord Matthew 28 — The Resurrection of Jesus and the Great Commission of the Risen King

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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