Strong’s G198 · Greek
ἀκριβόω
akribóō · ak-ree-bo'-o
Origin from the same as ἀκριβέστατος (G196);
Meaning to be exact, i.e. ascertain
In the King James Version enquire diligently.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 2:7Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
- Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.