Lexicon anakrisis: an examination Original Word: ἀνάκρισις, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: anakrisis Phonetic Spelling: (an-ak'-ree-sis) Short Definition: judicial examination, preliminary inquiry Definition: judicial examination, preliminary inquiry. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 351 anákrisis – a judicial examination. 351 (anákrisis) was an "Athenian law term for a preliminary investigation – distinct from the actual krisis, or trial" (J. B. Lightfoot, Revision, 67). See 350 (anakrinō). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom anakrinóDefinitionan examination NASB Translationinvestigation (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 351: ἀνάκρισιςἀνάκρισις, (εως, ἡ, an examination; as a law-term among the Greeks, the preliminary investigation held for the purpose of gathering evidence for the information of the judges (Meier and Schömann, Attic Process, pp. 27 (622; cf. Dict. of Antiq. under the word)); this seems to be the sense of the word in Acts 25:26. STRONGS NT 351a: ἀνακυλίωἀνακυλίω: 1. to roll up. 2. to roll back: ἀνακεκυλισται ὁ λίθος, Mark 16:4 T Tr WH. (Alexis in Athen. vi., p. 237 c.; Lucian, de luctu 8; Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, others.)
Strong's examination. From anakrino; a (judicial) investigation -- examination. see GREEK anakrino |
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