What is the Strong's number for Pynthanomai?

The Strong's number for Pynthanomai (πυνθάνομαι) is G4441. It is a Greek word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

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Pynthanomai (Strong’s G4441): Meaning in the Bible

Q: What does Pynthanomai mean?

Pynthanomai (πυνθάνομαι, Strong's G4441) is a Greek word. Strong's defines it as to question, i.e. ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from G2065, which properly means a request as a favor; and from G154, which is strictly a demand for something due; as well as from G2212, which implies a search for something hidden; and from G1189, which involves the idea of urgent need); by implication, to learn (by casual intelligence). The King James Bible translates it as ask, demand, enquire, understand.

Pynthanomai (πυνθάνομαι) is the Greek word numbered G4441 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as to question, i.e. ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from G2065, which properly means a request as a favor; and from G154, which is strictly a demand for something due; as well as from G2212, which implies a search for something hidden; and from G1189, which involves the idea of urgent need); by implication, to learn (by casual intelligence). In the King James Bible it is translated ask, demand, enquire, understand..

πυνθάνομαι

pynthánomai · Greek

Strong’s G4441 · poon-than'-om-ahee

Original wordπυνθάνομαι
Transliterationpynthánomai
Pronunciationpoon-than'-om-ahee
Strong’s numberG4441
LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

to question, i.e. ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from G2065, which properly means a request as a favor; and from G154, which is strictly a demand for something due; as well as from G2212, which implies a search for something hidden; and from G1189, which involves the idea of urgent need); by implication, to learn (by casual intelligence)

Derivation. middle voice prolonged from a primary (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses);

How the King James Bible translates it

ask, demand, enquire, understand.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Pynthanomai in the original Greek lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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