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to inquire, by impl. to learn Original Word: πυνθάνομαιTransliteration: punthanomai Phonetic Spelling: (poon-than'-om-ahee) Short Definition: ask
from a prim. root puth- Definition to inquire, by impl. to learn NASB Word Usage ask (1), asking (2), inquire (4), inquired (2), inquiring (1), learned (1). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
Middle voice prolonged from a primary putho (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); to question, i.e. Ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from erotao, which properly means a request as a favor; and from aiteo, which is strictly a demand for something due; as well as from zeteo, which implies a search for something hidden; and from deomai, which involves the idea of urgent need); by implication, to learn (by casual intelligence) -- ask, demand, enquire, understand. see GREEK erotao see GREEK aiteo see GREEK zeteo see GREEK deomai ἐπύθετο (eputheto) − 1 Occurrence ἐπυνθάνετο (epunthaneto) − 5 Occurrences ἐπυνθάνοντο (epunthanonto) − 2 Occurrences πυθέσθαι (puthesthai) − 1 Occurrence πυθόμενος (puthomenos) − 1 Occurrence πυνθάνεσθαι (punthanesthai) − 1 Occurrence πυνθάνομαι (punthanomai) − 1 Occurrence
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