Dictionaries :: Inquire, Inquiry (Make)

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Inquire, Inquiry (Make):

"to inquire," is translated "inquired" in Mat 2:4; Act 21:33, RV (AV, "demanded"); in Luk 15:26; 18:36; Act 4:7 (AV, "asked"); "inquired" (AV, "inquired") in Jhn 4:52; "inquire" (AV, "inquire") in Act 23:20; in Act 23:34 it denotes "to learn by inquiry," AV, and RV, "when (he) understood;" elsewhere it is rendered by the verb "to ask," Act 10:18, 29; 23:19.
See ASK, UNDERSTAND.

Inquire, Inquiry (Make):

"to seek," is rendered "inquire" in Jhn 16:19; "inquire... for" in Act 9:11.
See ABOUT, B, Note, DESIRE, ENDEAVOR, GO, Note (2), a, REQUIRE, SEEK.

Inquire, Inquiry (Make):

"to find by inquiry, to inquire through to the end" (dia, intensive, erotao, "to ask"), is used in Act 10:17.

Inquire, Inquiry (Make):

"to examine, seek out, inquire thoroughly," is translated "inquire" in Mat 10:11, AV (RV, "search out"); in Jhn 21:12, "durst inquire," RV [AV, "(durst) ask"]; in Mat 2:8, RV, "search out" (AV, "search").
See ASK, SEARCH.

Notes:

(1) Epizeteo, "to seek after or for" (epi, "after," zeteo, "to seek"), is rendered "inquire" in Act 19:39, AV (RV, "seek").

(2) Sunzeteo, "to search" or "examine together," is rendered "to inquire" in Luk 22:23, AV (RV, "to question").

(3) Ekzeteo, "to seek out, search after," is rendered "have inquired" in 1Pe 1:10, AV (RV, "sought").

(4) Diaginosko, "to ascertain exactly," or "to determine," is rendered "inquire" in Act 23:15, AV (RV, "judge").

(5) Akriboo, "to learn by diligent or exact inquiry," is rendered "inquired diligently" and "had diligently inquired" respectively, in Mat 2:7, 16, AV (RV, "learned carefully," and "had carefully learned").

(6) In 2Cr 8:23, the words "any inquire" are inserted to complete the meaning, lit., "whether about Titus."

Inquire, Inquiry (Make):

primarily denotes "a search;" then, "an inquiry, a questioning, debate;" it forms part of a phrase translated by the verb "to inquire," in Act 25:20, RV, "how to inquire," lit. "(being perplexed as to) the inquiry."
See QUESTION.