Definition

properly, to scrutinize, i.e. (by implication) investigate, interrogate, determine

Etymology

from G303 (ἀνά) and G2919 (κρίνω);

Word family

• ἀνά aná
• κρίνω krínō

How the KJV renders it

• ask
• question
• discern
• examine
• judge
• search

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.