ἈΝΤΑΠΟΚΡΙΝΟΜΕΝΟΣ, ἀνταποκρινομενος
ANTAPOKRINOMENOS, antapokrinomenos
Sounds Like: an-tah-poh-KREE-noh-meh-nos
Translations: answering back, replying, gainsaying, disputing, arguing against
From the root: ἈΝΤΑΠΟΚΡΙΝΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of answering back, replying, or disputing, often in a confrontational or argumentative manner. It is a compound word formed from 'ἀντί' (anti), meaning 'against' or 'in return', and 'ἀποκρίνομαι' (apokrinomai), meaning 'to answer'. It implies a response that is in opposition or a counter-argument.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Singular
Strong’s number: G0470 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Job — 32:12
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Romans — 9:20
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
- ἈΝΤΑΠΕΚΡΙΝΑΤΟ — answered, replied, responded
- ἈΝΤΑΠΟΚΡΙΘΗΝΑΙ — to answer back, to reply, to contradict
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