Strong's Lexicon
G2477 — ἱστορέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2477 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἱστορέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from a derivative of G1492 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | historeo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | his-tor-eh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to be knowing (learned) 2. (by implication) to visit for information (interview) |
| KJV Renderings: | see |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἱστορέω: 1 aorist infinitive ἱστορῆσαι; (ἴστωρ (allied with οἶδα (ἱστῶ), videre (visus), etc.; Curtius, § 282), ἱστορος, one that has inquired into, knowing, skilled in); from Aeschylus and Herodotus down;
1. to inquire into, examine, investigate.
2. to find out, learn, by inquiry.
3. to gain knowledge of by visiting: something (worthy of being seen), τήν χώραν, Plutarch, Thes. 30; Pomp. 40; τινα, some distinguished person, to become personally acquainted with, know face to face: Gal 1:18; so too in Josephus, Antiquities 1, 11, 4; b. j. 6, 1, 8 and often in the Clement. homilies; cf. Hilgenfeld, Galaterbrief, p. 122 note; (Ellicott on Galatians, the passage cited).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἱστορέω (see)
Galatians 1:18
- KJV: Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter and abode with him fifteen days
- GK: έπειτα μετά έτη τρία ανήλθον εις Ιεροσόλυμα ιστορήσαι Πέτρον και επέμεινα προς αυτόν ημέρας δεκαπέντε
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