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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2925 - κρούω

Transliteration

kroúō

Phonetics

kroo'-o

Origin

apparently a primary verb

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

3:954,475

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to knock: at the door

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1849 ‑ דָּפַק (daw‑fak');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (9)

Matthew 2

Luke 4

Acts 2

Revelation 1

NAS (9)

Matthew 2

Luke 4

Acts 2

Revelation 1

HCS (9)

Matthew 2

Luke 4

Acts 2

Revelation 1

BSB (9)

Matthew 2

Luke 4

Acts 2

Revelation 1

ESV (9)

Matthew 2

Luke 4

Acts 2

Revelation 1

WEB (9)

Matthew 2

Luke 4

Acts 2

Revelation 1

KJV (9)

at 1

knock 4

knocketh 3

knocking 1

NAS (9)

knock 4

knocked 1

knocking 1

knocks 3

HCS (9)

knock 2

knocks 1

one who knocks 2

Keep knocking 2

knocked 1

knocking 1

BSB (9)

knock 3

knocked 1

knocking 2

knocks 3

ESV (9)

knock 4

knocked at 1

knocking 1

knocks 3

WEB (9)

Keep knocking 1

Knock 1

To him who knocks 1

him who knocks 1

knock 1

knocked 1

knocking 1

knocks 1

to knock 1

RAH

V-AAI3P 1

V-PAI3S 1

V-PAPNPM 1

ANT

V-AAP-GSM 2

V-PAI-1S 1

V-PAM-2P 2

V-PAN 1

V-PAP-DSM 2

V-PAP-NSM 1

BEZ

V-AAP-GSM 2

V-PAI-1S 1

V-PAM-2P 2

V-PAN 1

V-PAP-DSM 2

V-PAP-NSM 1

BGB

V-APA-GMS 2

V-PIA-1S 1

V-PMA-2P 2

V-PNA 1

V-PPA-DMS 2

V-PPA-NMS 1

BMT

V-AAP-GSM 2

V-PAI-1S 1

V-PAM-2P 2

V-PAN 1

V-PAP-NSM 1

BYZ

V-AAP-GSM 2

V-PAI-1S 1

V-PAM-2P 2

V-PAN 1

V-PAP-NSM 1

ELZ

V-AAP-GSM 2

V-PAI-1S 1

V-PAM-2P 2

V-PAN 1

V-PAP-DSM 2

V-PAP-NSM 1

NA26

V-AAPGSM 1

V-PAD-2P 2

V-PAI-1S 1

V-PAPDSM 2

V-PAPNSM 1

SBL

V-1PAIS 1

V-2PADP 2

V-AAPGSM 2

V-PAN 1

V-PAPDSM 2

V-PAPNSM 1

SCV

V-AAP-GSM 2

V-PAI-1S 1

V-PAM-2P 2

V-PAN 1

V-PAP-DSM 2

V-PAP-NSM 1

STV

V-AAP-GSM 2

V-PAI-1S 1

V-PAM-2P 2

V-PAN 1

V-PAP-DSM 2

V-PAP-NSM 1

TIS

V-AAP-GSM 2

V-PAI-1S 1

V-PAM-2P 2

V-PAN 1

V-PAP-DSM 2

V-PAP-NSM 1

V-AAP-GSM 2

V-PAI-1S 1

V-PAM-2P 2

V-PAN 1

V-PAP-DSM 2

V-PAP-NSM 1

V-AAP-GSM 2

V-PAI-1S 1

V-PAM-2P 2

V-PAN 1

V-PAP-DSM 2

V-PAP-NSM 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

κρούω,

fut. - σω E. El. 180: aor. ἔκρουσα X. An. 4.5.18, Hyp. Fr. 201: pf. κέκρουκα Diogenian. 3.38, (ἐκ -) Pl. Phdr. 228e, (προς -) D. 21.206: —

Med., aor. ἐκρουσάμην Th. 7.40: —

Pass., aor. ἐκρούσθην Eratosth. Cat. 32: pf. κέκρουμαι (ἀπο -) X. HG 7.4.26, or - ουσμαι (ἀπο -) Ar. Ach. 459: —

1. strike, smite, ῥυτῆρι κ. γλουτόν S. Fr. 501; κρούσας δὲ πλευρὰ [τῶν ἵππων ] E. Fr. 779.6; τὸν λυχνοῦχον Lys. Fr. 83; τοῖς ποσὶ τὴν γῆν Arr. An. 7.1.5; also εἰς τὴν χεῖρα τοῖς δακτύλοις κ. with the fingers, D.C. 40.16: metaph., κνῖσα κ. ῥινὸς ὑπεροχάς tickles, Ephipp. 3.3.

2. strike one against another, strike together, κ. χεῖρας clap the hands, E. Supp. 720; τὰ ὅπλα κρουόμενα πρὸς ἄλληλα Th. 3.22; τὰς ἀσπίδας πρὸς τὰ δόρατα X. An. l.c.: metaph., ἀλλήλων τοὺς λόγους τοῖς λόγοις ἐκρούομεν ἄν would have knocked their heads together, Pl. Tht. 154e.

3. κ. πόδα (i.e. κ. τὴν γῆν τῷ ποδί), in dancing, E. El. l.c. (lyr.); ἴχνος ἐν γᾷ κ. Id. IA 1043 (lyr.).

4. metaph. from tapping an earthen vessel, to try whether it rings sound (cf. κροῦσις 2): examine, try, prove, κρούετε ἀπολαμβάνοντες τὸ καλόν Pl. Hp.Ma. 301b; κἂν διαπειρώμενος κρούσῃς [τὸν κόλακα ] Plu. 2.64d.

5. strike a stringed instrument with a plectron, Simon. 183, Pl. Ly. 209b: generally, play any instrument (v. κροῦμα, κρουματικός), αὐλεῖ.. κρούων ἰαστί Com.Adesp. 415: c. dat., κ. κρεμβάλοις, = κρεμβαλίζειν, Ath. 14.636d.

6. κ. τὴν θύραν knock at the door on the outside, Ar. Ec. 317, 990 (with play on signf. 8), X. Smp. 1.11, Pl. Prt. 310b, 314d, etc.; κόπτειν is better Att. acc.to Phryn. 154; later κ. ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν LXX Jd. 19.22.

7. κ. σταθμὸν ἑτερόζυγον, = κρουσιμετρέω, Ps.-Phoc. 15; ὡς μήτε κρούσῃς μήθ' ὑπὲρ χεῖλος βάλῃς S. Fr. 796; κρούων γε μὴν αὐτὰς ἐωνούμην Eup. 184.

8. sens. obsc., AB 101, cf. Ar. Ec. 990; κ. πέπλον E. Cyc. 328.

9. Med., κρούεσθαι πρύμναν back water, Th. 1.51, 54, 3.78; αἱ πρύμναν κρουόμεναι νῆες Arr. An. 5.17.7 (also in Act., Plb. 16.3.8); κ. ἐπὶ π. τὴν ναῦν App. BC 5.119: hence κρούεσθαι τὸ πτερόν fly backwards, Ael. Nahum 3:13 : — also in Act., Plot. 2.9.18.

10. κρούειν ἀκράτῳ, v. πατάσσω 11.2. (Cf. Lith. krùšti 'bruise', 'pound', Lett. krausçt 'thresh'.)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

κρούω; 1 aorist participle κρουσας; to knock: τήν θύραν, to knock at the door, Luke 13:25; Acts 12:13 (Aristophanes eccles. 317, 990; Xenophon, symp. 1, 11; Plato, Prot., p. 310 a.; 314 d.; symp. 212 c.; but κόπτειν τήν θύραν is better, according to Phryn. with whom Lobeck agrees, p. 177 (cf. Schmidt (chapter 113, 9), who makes κόπτειν to knock with a heavy blow, κρούειν to knock with the knuckles)); without τήν θύραν (cf. Winer's Grammar, 593 (552)), Matthew 7:7; Luke 11:9, 10; Luke 12:36; Acts 12:16; Revelation 3:20 (on which see θύρα, c. ἐ.).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

Κρούω ,

[in LXX: seq. ἐπί Judges 19:22, (H1849);]

c, acc, τ . αὐλαίαν , Judith 14:14*;]

to strike, knock: at a door (Κόπτειν , in Att..), Matthew 7:7-8, Luke 11:9-10; Luke 12:36, Acts 12:16, Revelation 3:20; c. acc, τ . θύραν , Luke 13:25, Acts 12:13.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For this verb of ";knocking"; at the door, as in Luke 13:25, Acts 12:13, where the Purists would have preferred κόπτω (cf. Lob. Phryn. p. 177 f.). see P Par 50.7 (B.C. 160) εἶδον Πτολεμαῖον. . . κρού [οντα ] θύραν. Other exx. of this usage in late Greek are given in Field Notes, p. 120. In the magic P Lond 46.75 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 67) we have—κροῦε εἰς τὸ οὖς ́ λέγων κτλ. For the subst. κροῦμα see BGU IV. 1125.4, .31 (B.C. 13), and for the compd. ἐκκρούω in the sense of ";put off,"; ";evade,"; cf. P Fay 109.9 (early i/A.D.) Σέλευκος γάρ μου αὐτοὺς ὧδε ἐκκ [έκ ]ρουκε λέγων ὅτι συνέστακας ἑαυτῶι, ";Seleucus has evaded paying the money by saying that you have made an arrangement with him (to pay instead)"; (Edd.).

List of Word Forms

έκρουσαν κρούει κρουειν κρούειν κρουετε κρούετε κρουοντι κρούοντι κρουσαντος κρούσαντος κρουω κρούω κρουων κρούων κρυβή krouein kroúein krouete kroúete krouo krouō kroúo kroúō krouon krouōn kroúon kroúōn krouonti kroúonti krousantos kroúsantos