G350 — ἀνακρίνω (anakrinō)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: G350
Original: ἀνακρίνω
Transliteration: anakrinō
Pronunciation: an-ak-ree'-no
Part of Speech: Verb
Root: ἀνά (ana, G303 — "up, back, again") + κρίνω (krinō, G2919 — "to judge, distinguish, decide")
Occurrences: 16 tokens in 14 unique verses across 3 books
First Occurrence: Luke 23:14 — "I, having examined [him] before you, have found no fault in this man"
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

From G303 (ἀνά) and G2919 (κρίνω); properly, to scrutinize (i.e. by implication) investigate, interrogate, determine.

Louw-Nida Semantic Domains¶

Domain 33.045: Criticize — to examine and pass judgment
Domain 56: Courts and Legal Procedures — judicial investigation
Domain 56.004: Judicial Hearing, Inquiry — to investigate in court, to hear a case, to interrogate
Domain 27: Learn — to examine carefully, to investigate, to study thoroughly
Domain 27.004: Try To Learn — to examine carefully, to investigate
Domain 30: Think — to come to a conclusion through evaluation
Domain 30.007: To Distinguish, To Evaluate, To Judge

Domain Neighbors (Louw-Nida 56.004 — Judicial Hearing, Inquiry)¶

Strong's	Word	Gloss
G351	ἀνάκρισις	judicial investigation (cognate noun; hapax Acts 25:26)
G178	ἀκατάκριτος	without trial, uncondemned
G191	ἀκούω	to hear (a case)
G306	ἀναβάλλω	to adjourn a hearing
G426	ἀνετάζω	to interrogate, to examine
G1251	διακούω	to hear a case, to provide a legal hearing
G1905	ἐπερωτάω	to ask, to question
G5267	ὑπόδικος	answerable to, liable to judgment

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Verses	%
examined / be examined / having examined / he examined / when they had examined	5	35.7%
judgeth / is judged / he is judged / I should be judged / I judge	5	35.7%
asking	2	14.3%
question	2	14.3%
searched	1	7.1%
discerned	1	7.1%
that do examine	1	7.1%

Note: Some verses carry multiple translation variants (e.g., 1 Cor 4:3 has both "judged" and "judge"); percentages exceed 100% for this reason.

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
1 Corinthians	8	1.8
Acts	5	0.5
Luke	1	0.1

Heavily concentrated in Pauline usage (57% of all occurrences in 1 Corinthians alone). In Acts, exclusively forensic/judicial. The Luke occurrence is also judicial (Pilate's examination of Jesus). Absent from all other NT books.

Morphological Distribution¶

Form	Parsing	Count	Typical Context
Present Active Participle	V-PAP	5	ongoing scrutiny — "searching" (Acts 17:11), "asking" (1 Cor 10:25, 27), "examining" (1 Cor 9:3, 4:4)
Present Active Indicative	V-PAI	2	habitual action — "judgeth all things" (1 Cor 2:15), "I judge" (1 Cor 4:3)
Present Passive Indicative	V-PPI	4	being subjected to scrutiny — "discerned" (1 Cor 2:14), "judged" (1 Cor 2:15, 14:24), "examined" (Acts 4:9)
Aorist Active Participle	V-AAP	4	completed investigation — Pilate (Luk 23:14), Herod (Acts 12:19), Felix (Acts 24:8), Romans (Acts 28:18)
Aorist Passive Subjunctive	V-APS	1	potential judgment — "that I should be judged" (1 Cor 4:3)

Active voice predominates (11/16 tokens = 69%), reflecting the agent performing the scrutiny. Passive voice (5/16 = 31%) appears when the subject is under examination.

Semantic Categories¶

1. Forensic / Judicial Examination¶

Official investigation or interrogation by a governing authority. - Luke 23:14 — "I, having examined [him] before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him" - Acts 4:9 — "If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man" - Acts 12:19 — "he examined the keepers, and commanded that [they] should be put to death" - Acts 24:8 — "by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things" - Acts 28:18 — "Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me"

2. Spiritual Discernment / Evaluation¶

Capacity (or incapacity) to assess spiritual realities. - 1 Corinthians 2:14 — "the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God... neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned" - 1 Corinthians 2:15 — "he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man" - 1 Corinthians 14:24 — "if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not... he is convinced of all, he is judged of all"

3. Investigative Scrutiny of Scripture / Evidence¶

Careful searching or sifting of evidence, not in a courtroom but in pursuit of truth. - Acts 17:11 — "they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so"

4. Assessment of Persons or Conduct¶

Being subjected to human evaluation or cross-examination regarding one's apostolic life. - 1 Corinthians 4:3 — "with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self" - 1 Corinthians 4:4 — "he that judgeth me is the Lord" - 1 Corinthians 9:3 — "Mine answer to them that do examine me is this"

5. Inquiry about the Source / Nature of Food¶

Examining or questioning the origin of food (specifically whether it was idol-sacrificed). - 1 Corinthians 10:25 — "Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake" - 1 Corinthians 10:27 — "whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake"

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
πᾶς (pas)	G3956	6× (43%)	"all things" — spiritual man judges all things (1 Cor 2:15); "convinced of all, judged of all" (1 Cor 14:24)
ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)	G444	3× (21%)	"natural man" / "of man's judgment" — anthropological contrast with pneumatikos (1 Cor 2:14, 4:3)
μηδείς (mēdeis)	G3367	3× (21%)	"no man" / "no question" — negating human judgment capacity (1 Cor 2:15) or forbidding inquiry (10:25, 27)
κατηγορέω (katēgoreō)	G2723	2× (14%)	forensic pairing — examination alongside formal accusation (Luk 23:14, Acts 24:8)
συνείδησις (syneidēsis)	G4893	2× (14%)	conscience-inquiry context — "asking no question for conscience sake" (1 Cor 10:25, 27)
δέχομαι (dechomai)	G1209	2× (14%)	reception + scrutiny sequence — Bereans "received the word... and searched" (Acts 17:11)
εὑρίσκω (heuriskō)	G2147	2× (14%)	investigation yields a finding — Pilate found no fault (Luk 23:14), Herod could not find Peter (Acts 12:19)

Word Family / Cognates¶

G351 ἀνάκρισις (anakrisis) — investigation, judicial hearing (noun; hapax Acts 25:26)
G2919 κρίνω (krinō) — root verb: to judge, decide, determine (114 occurrences)
G1252 διακρίνω (diakrinō) — to distinguish thoroughly, evaluate, make a distinction (19 occurrences)
G2920 κρίσις (krisis) — judgment, decision, justice (47 occurrences)
G2917 κρίμα (krima) — judgment, verdict, decree (27 occurrences)
G2923 κριτής (kritēs) — judge (17 occurrences)

Synonyms¶

G1833 ἐξετάζω (exetazō) — to test thoroughly by questions, to inquire searchingly (3 occurrences; Matt 2:8, 10:11; John 21:12)

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
κρίνω (krinō)	G2919	"judge"	krinō = pass sentence, reach a verdict; anakrinō = investigate thoroughly before verdict — the prefix ἀνά intensifies the sifting/scrutinizing process
ἐπερωτάω (eperōtaō)	G1905	"ask"	eperōtaō = pose a question to elicit information; anakrinō = interrogate with evaluative intent
ἐρωτάω (erōtaō)	G2065	"ask"	erōtaō = request or inquire conversationally; anakrinō = systematic examination
ζήτημα (zētēma)	G2213	"question"	zētēma = the matter under debate; anakrinō = the investigative act itself

Semantic Domain (from search_relationships.py)¶

Domain: Learn (27) — examining evidence to reach understanding - ἀγράμματος (G62), ἀγρεύω (G64), ἀγρυπνέω (G69), ἀκριβόω (G198)

Domain: Courts and Legal Procedures (56) — judicial inquiry and verdict - αἰτία (G156), ἀκατάκριτος (G178), ἀκούω (G191), ἀναβάλλω (G306)

Domain: Think (30) — evaluative reasoning - διακρίνω (G1252), δοκιμάζω (G1381), κρίνω (G2919), κρίσις (G2920)

Domain: Communication (33) — reporting and critiquing - subsection 33.045 Criticize: διακρίνω (G1252), μωμάομαι (G3469)

Hebrew Source¶

No Hebrew sources found via LXX mapping. This is a distinctly Greek compound verb with no direct Hebrew equivalent; however, the forensic investigation sense overlaps semantically with Hebrew בָּחַן (bāchan, H974 — "to examine, test, try") and חָקַר (chāqar, H2713 — "to search out, investigate").