Word study · Greek
apokrínomai
answer
Say it: ap-ok-REE-no-my (approximate)
ἀποκρίνω
What it means
To answer, to reply. In 4:6, "that you may know how you ought to answer each one." It is the word used for answering questions throughout the Gospels.
Range of meaning
- AnswerGive a reply.
- RespondSpeak in return.
In Colossians
- Chapter 4
"How you ought to answer each one" (4:6).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G0611 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources