What does ἀπόκρισις (apókrisis) mean in the Bible?
ἀπόκρισις (apókrisis): A formal or authoritative response, often implying a demand for accountability or explanation.
Greek · G612
ἀπόκρισις
A response
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ἀπόκρισις G612
Pronunciation apókrisis
What does ἀπόκρισις (apókrisis) mean in the Bible?
ἀπόκρισις (apókrisis): A formal or authoritative response, often implying a demand for accountability or explanation.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G612?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include answer (2), an answer (1), answers (1).
Where does ἀπόκρισις (apókrisis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 2:47. Its strongest book concentrations include John (2), Luke (2).
Are there verse guides for ἀπόκρισις (apókrisis)?
This entry includes 1 verse guide that explain exact original-language forms in context.
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 answer 2× Luke 20:26, John 19:9
an answer 1× John 1:22
answers 1× Luke 2:47
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 2:47
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Luke 2 John 2
Source forms
ἀπόκρισιν 2x apokrisin John 1:22, John 19:9
ἀποκρίσει 1x apokrisei Luke 20:26
ἀποκρίσεσιν 1x apokrisesin Luke 2:47
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 2x John 1:22, John 19:9
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural 1x Luke 2:47
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Luke 20:26
Key Verse and Form Guides
Verse-level guides showing how this original-language form works in its specific context, including grammar, verse function, and guarded interpretation.
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A formal or authoritative response, often implying a demand for accountability or explanation.
Source Gloss
a response
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 2:47 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
ἀποκρίσεσιν apokrisesin
an answer, reply
Read verse Luke 20:26 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἀποκρίσει apokrisei
an answer, reply
Read verse apokrisin
an answer, reply
Read verse John 19:9 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀπόκρισιν apokrisin
an answer, reply
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 this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 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 3 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Dative · Plural · Feminine Luke 2:47 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Luke 20:26 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
A gentle response that turns away wrath, contrasting with harsh words
A timely spoken response that brings joy and satisfaction to the speaker
A carefully considered response from the righteous, contrasted with wicked speech
Human preparation of response is subject to divine direction and ultimate determination
Word Origins
ἀπόκρισις is built from this root:
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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