Dictionary entry

ἀνακρίνω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀνα-κρίνω

[in LXX: I Ki 20:12 (חקר), Da LXX Su 13, ib. LXX,TH 48, 51*;]

to examine, investigate, question (Lft., Notes, 181 f.): Ac 17:11, I Co 2:14, 154:3, 49:310:2510:2714:24; in forensic sense (MM, VGT, s.v.; esp. of examination by torture; v. Field, Notes, 120 f.), Lk 23:14, Ac 4:912:1924:828:18.†

SYN.: v.s. ἐξετάζω.