to inquire

Greek Verb

πυνθώ᾽ομαι [in LXX for דָּרַשׁ;] 1) to inquire: with accusative of thing(s), Jhn.4:42, Act.23:20; before quæst. indir, Mat.2:4, Luk.15:25 18:36, Act.10:18 21:33; quæst. dir, Act.4:7 10:20 23:10; before παρά, with genitive of person(s), Mat.2:4, Jhn.4:52. 2) to learn by inquiry: before ὅτι, Act.23:34. (AS)

to inquire

Greek Verb

πυνθάνομαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; poetry also πεύθομαι (which see): Epic dialect imperfect πυνθανόμην [Refs]: future πεύσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+], Doric dialect πευσοῦμαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+] (so codex middle in [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist ἐπῠθόμην [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc, Epic dialect and Lyric poetry πυθόμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; imperative πυθοῦ, Ionic dialect πυθεῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect optative πεπύθοιτο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural πυθοίατο [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect πέπυσμαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 2nd pers. singular πέπῠσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+], Epic dialect πέπυσσαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; infinitive πεπύσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle πεπυσμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐπεπύσμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular ἐπέπυστο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. dual πεπύσθην [Refs]:—learn, whether by hearsay or by inquiry (ἐξιστορήσαντες τὰ ἐβούλοντο πυθέσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+] 1) π. τί τινος learn something from a person, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently παρά τινος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρ᾽ ἄλλων (variant{ἄλλων}) [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) with accusative of things only, hear or learn a thing, [Refs 8th c.BC+] 3) with genitive objecti, hear or inquire concerning, πυθέσθαι πατρός, ἀγγελιάων, μάχης, [Refs 8th c.BC+] 4) π. τινά τινος inquire about one person of or from another, τὸν ἄνδρα τῶν ὁδοιπόρων [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative person only, inquire about a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 5) with participle, πυθόμην ὁδὸν ὁρμαίνοντα that he was starting, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὔ πω. πεπύσθην Πατρόκλοιο θανόντος they had not yet heard of his being dead, [Refs 8th c.BC+] 6) with accusative et infinitive, hear or learn that. , [Refs 5th c.BC+] 7) followed by an interrogative clause, ὡς πυθώμεθα ὅπου ποτ᾽ ἐσμέν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐτοῦ π. τί ποτε νοεῖ inquire or learn from him what, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. εἰ. inquire whether, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ ξένου ἡδέως ἂν π, τί ταῦθ᾽ ἡγοῦντο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τινῶν, ὅτι. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π, ὅπως ἂν κάλλιστα πορευθείη[Refs] II) active, aorist 1 participle feminine πεύσασα having learned, [Refs 6th c.AD+] II.2) see at {πεύθω}.

Greek

Verb

to question, i.e. ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from g2065 (ἐρωτάω), which properly means a request as a favor; and from g154 (αἰτέω), which is strictly a demand for something due; as well as from g2212 (ζητέω), which implies a search for something hidden; and from g1189 (δέομαι), which involves the idea of urgent need); by implication, to learn (by casual intelligence); ask, demand, enquire, understand; middle voice prolonged from a primary (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses)