What does κρούω (kroúō) mean in the Bible?
κρούω (kroúō): To knock at a door with urgent seeking, distinct from casual striking or beating
Greek · G2925
κρούω
To rap
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κρούω G2925
Pronunciation kroúō
What does κρούω (kroúō) mean in the Bible?
κρούω (kroúō): To knock at a door with urgent seeking, distinct from casual striking or beating
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2925?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include knock (3), knocks (3), knocking (2), knocked (1).
Where does κρούω (kroúō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 7:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (4), Acts (2), Matthew (2), Revelation (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It knock 3× Matthew 7:7, Luke 11:9, Revelation 3:20
knocks 3× Matthew 7:8, Luke 11:10, Luke 12:36
knocking 2× Luke 13:25, Acts 12:16
knocked 1× Acts 12:13
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 7:7 κρούετε to knock Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural Matthew 7:8 κρούοντι to knocks Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Singular Luke 11:9 κρούετε to knock Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural Luke 11:10 κρούοντι to knocks Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Singular Luke 12:36 κρούσαντος to knocks Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular Luke 13:25 κρούειν to knocking Verb - Present Infinitive Active Acts 12:13 κρούσαντος to knocked Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular Acts 12:16 κρούων to knocking Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 3:20 κρούω to knock Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 7:7
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 4
Matthew 2 Luke 4 Acts 2 Revelation 1
Source forms
κρούετε 2x krouete Matthew 7:7, Luke 11:9
κρούοντι 2x krouonti Matthew 7:8, Luke 11:10
κρούσαντος 2x krousantos Luke 12:36, Acts 12:13
κρούειν 1x krouein Luke 13:25
κρούω 1x krouō Revelation 3:20
κρούων 1x krouōn Acts 12:16
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular 2x Luke 12:36, Acts 12:13
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural 2x Matthew 7:7, Luke 11:9
Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Singular 2x Matthew 7:8, Luke 11:10
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular 1x Revelation 3:20
Verb - Present Infinitive Active 1x Luke 13:25
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 12:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To knock at a door with urgent seeking, distinct from casual striking or beating
Strong's G2925
Lexical occurrences 9 verses Greek text appearances 9 times Word forms 4 forms 9 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to rap
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To knock at a door with urgent seeking, distinct from casual striking or beating
with, accusative, τ. αὐλαίαν, Jdth.14:14 * ;] to strike, knock: at a door (Κόπτειν, in Att..), Mat.7:7-8, Luk.11:9-10 12:36, Act.12:16, Rev.3:20; with accusative, τ. θύραν, Luk.13:25, Act.12:13.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
9 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 7:7 Verb Second Person Plural Present Active Imperative
κρούετε, krouete
I knock
Read verse Matthew 7:8 Verb Present Active Participle Dative Singular Masculine
κρούοντι krouonti
I knock
Read verse Luke 11:9 Verb Second Person Plural Present Active Imperative
κρούετε, krouete
I knock
Read verse Luke 11:10 Verb Present Active Participle Dative Singular Masculine
κρούοντι krouonti
I knock
Read verse Luke 12:36 Verb Aorist Active Participle Genitive Singular Masculine
κρούσαντος, krousantov
I knock
Read verse Luke 13:25 Verb Present Active Infinitive
κρούειν krouein
I knock
Read verse Acts 12:13 Verb Aorist Active Participle Genitive Singular Masculine
κρούσαντος krousantov
I knock
Read verse Acts 12:16 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
κρούων· krouwn
I knock
Read verse Revelation 3:20 Verb First Person Singular Present Active Indicative
κρούω· krouw
I knock
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 4 Aligned forms 9 Tenses Present, Aorist Voices Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Imperative command or strong request 2×
Present Active Matt 7:7 · Luke 11:9 2×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 5×
Present Active Matt 7:8 · Luke 11:10 · Acts 12:16 3×
Aorist Active Luke 12:36 · Acts 12:13 2×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Present Active Luke 13:25 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Present Active Rev 3:20 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 9 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 7 aorist 2
Voice
active 9
Mood
participle 5 imperative 2 infinitive 1 indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 7:7 κρούετε present active imperative imperative Matthew 7:8 κρούοντι present active participle participle Luke 11:10 κρούοντι present active participle participle Luke 11:9 κρούετε present active imperative imperative Luke 12:36 κρούσαντος aorist active participle participle Luke 13:25 κρούειν present active infinitive infinitive Acts 12:13 κρούσαντος aorist active participle participle Acts 12:16 κρούων present active participle participle Revelation 3:20 κρούω present active indicative ongoing
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 11:5–13 κρούετε kroúō
Keep knocking
Showing 1 selected witness from 9 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
κρούω is a primary verb - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain