What does κύριος · ἀποκρίνομαι mean in the Bible?
κύριος · ἀποκρίνομαι is a Greek phrase meaning "the Lord answered him".
Greek · G2962, G611
ἀπεκρίθη δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ κύριος
Lord: God · to answer
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κύριος G2962 lord: God
Pronunciation kýrios
One who possesses ultimate authority; in NT, distinctively applied to the risen Jesus Christ alongside God.
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ἀποκρίνομαι G611 to answer
Pronunciation apokrínomai
To answer or respond; Hebraically, to begin speaking or introduce new topic in conversation.
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What does ἀπεκρίθη δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ κύριος (apekrithē de autō ho kyrios) mean in the Bible?
κύριος · ἀποκρίνομαι is a Greek phrase meaning "the Lord answered him".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2962, G611?
G2962, G611 is connected to 713 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. the Lord answered him
Source Gloss
the Lord answered him
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 9 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 9 Aligned forms 713 Case pattern Genitive (242) Number pattern Singular (699)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 10:25 · Matt 12:8 · Matt 18:25 · Matt 18:27 · Matt 18:32 · Matt 18:34 · Matt 20:8 · Matt 21:3 · Matt 21:40 · Matt 22:44 · Matt 24:42 · Matt 24:45 · Matt 24:46 · Matt 24:48 · Matt 24:50 · Matt 25:19 176×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Luke 19:33 · Acts 16:19 · 1 Cor 8:5 · Eph 6:9 · Col 4:1 5×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:20 · Matt 1:22 · Matt 1:24 · Matt 2:13 · Matt 2:15 · Matt 2:19 · Matt 3:3 · Matt 9:38 · Matt 21:9 · Matt 21:42 · Matt 23:39 · Matt 25:18 · Matt 25:21 · Matt 25:23 · Matt 28:2 · Mark 1:3 239×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 15:27 · Rev 17:14 · Rev 19:16 3×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 5:33 · Matt 18:31 · Matt 22:44 · Mark 12:36 · Luke 1:17 · Luke 2:22 · Luke 2:23 · Luke 14:21 · Luke 16:5 · Luke 17:5 · Luke 20:42 · Acts 2:34 · Acts 5:14 · Acts 11:23 · Acts 11:24 · Acts 13:2 99×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Matt 6:24 · Luke 16:13 · Acts 16:16 · Eph 6:5 · Col 3:22 5×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 4:7 · Matt 4:10 · Matt 10:24 · Matt 22:37 · Matt 22:43 · Matt 22:45 · Mark 12:30 · Mark 12:37 · Luke 1:16 · Luke 1:46 · Luke 4:8 · Luke 4:12 · Luke 7:19 · Luke 10:27 · Luke 12:36 · Luke 19:8 67×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Matt 7:21 · Matt 7:22 · Matt 8:2 · Matt 8:6 · Matt 8:8 · Matt 8:21 · Matt 8:25 · Matt 9:28 · Matt 11:25 · Matt 13:27 · Matt 14:28 · Matt 14:30 · Matt 15:22 · Matt 15:25 · Matt 15:27 · Matt 16:22 118×
Vocative · Plural · Masculine Acts 16:30 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 232 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 221 present 8 future 3
Voice
passive 217 middle 15
Mood
indicative 121 participle 104 subjunctive 3 infinitive 2 imperative 2
NT Occurrences
Matthew 3:15 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 4:4 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 8:8 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 11:25 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 11:4 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 12:38 ἀπεκρίθησαν aorist passive indicative completed Matthew 12:39 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 12:48 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 13:11 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 13:37 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 14:28 Ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 15:13 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 15:15 Ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 15:23 ἀπεκρίθη aorist passive indicative completed Matthew 15:24 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 15:26 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 15:28 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 15:3 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 16:16 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 16:17 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 16:2 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 17:11 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 17:17 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 17:4 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 19:27 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 19:4 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 20:13 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 20:22 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 21:21 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 21:24 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 21:27 ἀποκριθέντες aorist passive participle participle Matthew 21:29 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 21:30 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 22:1 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 22:29 Ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 22:46 ἀποκριθῆναι aorist passive infinitive infinitive Matthew 24:2 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 24:4 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 25:12 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 25:26 ἀποκριθεὶς aorist passive participle participle
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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)
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
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