ἀποκρίνω

ἀποκρίνω, ἀποκρίνομαι,

[in LXX chiefly for ענה ;]

in cl.,

1. to separate, distinguish.

2. to choose.

Mid., to answer: Matt 27,12, Mark 14,61, Luk 3,16; 23,9, Joh 5,17, 19 ApG 3,12. In late Gk. the pass, also is used in this sense, and pass. forms are the more frequently in NT (M, Pr., 39, 161; MM, see word);

(a) in general sense: absol., Mark 12,34 with accusative of thing(s), Matt 22,46 with dative of person(s), Matt 12,38 before πρός, ApG 25,16

(b) Hebraistically

(i) like ענה, to begin to speak, take up the conversation (Kennedy, Sources, 124f.): Matt 11,25, al.,

(ii) redundant, as in the Heb. phrase וַיַּעַן וַיּאֹמֶר (Dalman, Words, 24f., 38; M, Pr., 14; Bl., §58, 4; 74, 2; Cremer, 374): ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπε, Matt 4,4 ἔφη, 8:8; λέγει, Mark 3,33 in Jo most frequently (ἀπεκ. κ. εἶπε, 1:49. )