Krouo means “knock” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2925 — taltelah (“captivity”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2925 κρούω (krouo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. krouo (krou'-o) v. 1. to rap [apparently a primary verb] It has 12 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include knock, knocketh, knocked, and knocking. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
krouo (krou'-o) v. 1. to rap [apparently a primary verb] KJV: knock
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2925. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to knock
Usage: Κρούω [in LXX: before ἐπί Jdg.19:22, Sng.5:2 (דָּפַק) ;] with, accusative, τ. αὐλαίαν, Jdth.14:14 * ;] to strike, knock: at a door (Κόπτειν, in Att..), Mat.7:7-8, Luk.11:9-10 12:36, Act.12:16, Rev.3:20; with accusative, τ. θύραν, Luk.13:25, Act.12:13.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render krouo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2925 (κρούω) appears 3 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
9 indexed usages in New Testament.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And they were comforting their heart, when, behold, the men of the city, sons of transgressors, compassed the house, knocking at the door: and they spoke to the old man the owner of the house, saying, Bring out the man who came into thy house, that we may know him.
I sleep, but my heart is awake: The voice of my kinsman knocks at the door, saying, Open, open to me, my companion, my sister, My dove, my perfect one: For my head is filled with dew, And my locks with the drops of the night.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Then went in Bagoas, and knocked at the door of the tent; for he thought that he had slept with Judith.
First 12 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2925.
And they were comforting their heart, when, behold, the men of the city, sons of transgressors, compassed the house, knocking at the door: and they spoke to the old man the owner of the house, saying, Bring out the man who came into thy house, that we may know him.
I sleep, but my heart is awake: The voice of my kinsman knocks at the door, saying, Open, open to me, my companion, my sister, My dove, my perfect one: For my head is filled with dew, And my locks with the drops of the night.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Then went in Bagoas, and knocked at the door of the tent; for he thought that he had slept with Judith.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2925, grouped by book.
Krouo (Strong's G2925) is a Greek word most simply glossed "knock". krouo (krou'-o) v. 1. to rap [apparently a primary verb]
This page currently indexes 12 linked usages for Strong's G2925 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2925 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as knock, knocketh, knocked, and knocking. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2925, with linked reader references where each row is available.