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STRONGS NUMBER G198

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Word Summary
akriboō: exact, precise
Original Word: ἀκριβόω
Transliteration: akriboō
Phonetic Spelling: (ak-ree-bo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: exact, precise
Meaning: exact, precise
Strong's Concordance
enquire diligently.

From the same as akribestatos; to be exact, i.e. Ascertain -- enquire diligently.

see GREEK akribestatos

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 198: ἀκριβόω

ἀκριβόω, (ῶ: 1 aorist ἠκρίβωσα); (ἀκριβής);

1. in secular writings, to know accurately, to do exactly.

2. to investigate diligently: Matthew 2:7, 16 (ἀκριβῶς ἐξετάζειν, Matthew 2:8); Aristotle, gen. anim. 5, 1; Philo, m. opif. § 25 μετά πάσης ἐξετάσεως ἀκριβοῦντες. (Al. to learn exactly, ascertain; cf. Fritzsche or Meyer on Matthew, as above.)



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