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πυνθάνομαι

Lemmaπυνθάνομαι
Citation formπυνθάνομαι
Part of speechverb
GlossI ask, inquire
Strong’sG4441
Transliterationpynthánomai
Definitionto question, i.e. ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from , which properly means a request as a favor; and from , which is strictly a demand for something due; as well as from , which implies a search for something hidden; and from , which involves the idea of urgent need); by implication, to learn (by casual intelligence)
KJV glosses:--ask, demand, enquire, understand.
Derivationmiddle voice prolonged from a primary (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses)
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