King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G196
Transliteration: akribestatos
Phonetic Spelling: (ak-ree-bes'-ta-tos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: exact, precise
Meaning: exact, precise
ἀκριβής, (ές, genitive (οῦς, exact, careful. The neuter comparitive is used adverbially in Acts 18:26; Acts 23:15, 20; Acts 24:22; ἡ ἀκριβεστάτη αἵρεσις the straitest sect i. e. the most precise and rigorous in interpreting the Mosaic law, and in observing even the more minute precepts of the law and of tradition, Acts 26:5. (From Herodotus down.)
Word Summary
akribestatos: exact, precise
Original Word: ἀκριβέστατοςTransliteration: akribestatos
Phonetic Spelling: (ak-ree-bes'-ta-tos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: exact, precise
Meaning: exact, precise
Strong's Concordance
exact, precise.Superlative of akribes (a derivative of the same as akron); most exact -- most straitest.
see GREEK akron
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 196: ἀκριβήςἀκριβής, (ές, genitive (οῦς, exact, careful. The neuter comparitive is used adverbially in Acts 18:26; Acts 23:15, 20; Acts 24:22; ἡ ἀκριβεστάτη αἵρεσις the straitest sect i. e. the most precise and rigorous in interpreting the Mosaic law, and in observing even the more minute precepts of the law and of tradition, Acts 26:5. (From Herodotus down.)