What does ὀρθῶς · ἀποκρίνομαι mean in the Bible?
ὀρθῶς · ἀποκρίνομαι is a Greek phrase meaning "you answered rightly".
Greek · G3723, G611
ὀρθῶς ἀπεκρίθης
Correctly · to answer
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ὀρθῶς G3723 correctly
Pronunciation orthōs
Rightly or correctly, emphasizing accordance with truth or proper standard, not mere technique.
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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 ὀρθῶς ἀπεκρίθης (orthōs apekrithēs) mean in the Bible?
ὀρθῶς · ἀποκρίνομαι is a Greek phrase meaning "you answered rightly".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3723, G611?
G3723, G611 is connected to 4 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. you answered rightly
Source Gloss
you answered rightly
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 4
Mark 7:35 · Luke 7:43 · Luke 10:28 · Luke 20:21 4×
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)
Word Origins
ὀρθῶς ἀπεκρίθης is built from this root:
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