ἈΝΤΑΠΕΚΡΙΝΑΤΟ, ἀνταπεκρινατο
ANTAPEKRINATO, antapekrinato
Sounds Like: an-tah-peh-KREE-nah-toh
Translations: answered, replied, responded
From the root: ἈΝΤΑΠΟΚΡΙΝΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb meaning 'to answer back' or 'to reply'. It is formed from the prefixes ἀντί (anti-, 'against, in return'), ἀπό (apo-, 'from'), and ἐκ (ek-, 'out of'), combined with the verb κρίνω (krino, 'to judge, decide'). It implies a response, often in a confrontational or argumentative context, but can also simply mean to reply to a question or statement. It is used to describe someone giving a verbal response to another person.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Middle, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G0001 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 17:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΤΑΠΟΚΡΙΝΟΜΑΙ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΝΤΑΠΕΚΡΙΘΗ — answered back, replied, responded
- ἈΝΤΑΠΟΚΡΙΘΗΝΑΙ — to answer back, to reply, to contradict
- ἈΝΤΑΠΟΚΡΙΝΟΜΕΝΟΣ — answering back, replying, gainsaying, disputing, arguing against
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