Pynthanomai means “demand” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4441 — malkiah (“Malchiah”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4441 πυνθάνομαι (punthanomai) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. punthanomai (poon-than'-om-ai) v. 1. to question, i.e. ascertain by inquiry 2. (by implication) to learn (by casual intelligence) It has 23 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include asked, said, king, sent, and came. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
punthanomai (poon-than'-om-ai) v. 1. to question, i.e. ascertain by inquiry 2. (by implication) to learn (by casual intelligence) {as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from G2065, which properly means a request as a favor; and from G154, which is strictly a demand for something due; as well as from G2212, which implies a search for something hidden;
and from G1189, which involves the idea of urgent need} [middle voice prolonged from a primary putho (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses)] KJV: ask, demand, enquire, understand Compare: G2065, G154, G2212, G1189
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4441. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to inquire
Usage: πυνθώ᾽ομαι [in LXX for דָּרַשׁ ;] __1. to inquire: with accusative of thing(s), Jhn.4:42, Act.23:20; before quæst. indir., Mat.2:4, Luk.15:25 18:36, Act.10:18 21:33; quæst. dir., Act.4:7 10:20 23:10; before παρά, with genitive of person(s), Mat.2:4, Jhn.4:52. __2. to learn by inquiry: before ὅτι, Act.23:34.† (AS)
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Strong's G4441 (πυνθάνομαι) appears 11 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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12 indexed usages in New Testament.
And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
4 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And the babes leaped within her; and she said, If it will be so with me, why is this to me? And she went to inquire of the Lord.
Then Hezekiah inquired of the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
Notwithstanding, in regard to the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who were sent to him to inquire of him concerning the prodigy which came upon the land, the Lord left him, to try him, to know what was in his heart.
7 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And those works are done with great speed, and the work goeth on prosperously in their hands, and with all glory and diligence is it made.
And when he was come to Jerusalem, and had been courteously received of the high priest of the city, he told him what intelligence was given of the money, and declared wherefore he came, and asked if these things were so indeed.
And he put the question, Why, when he entered all temples, none of the priests who were present forbade him?
First 23 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4441.
And the babes leaped within her; and she said, If it will be so with me, why is this to me? And she went to inquire of the Lord.
Then Hezekiah inquired of the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
Notwithstanding, in regard to the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who were sent to him to inquire of him concerning the prodigy which came upon the land, the Lord left him, to try him, to know what was in his heart.
And while the king was inquiring about the kindness of Mordecai, behold, Haman was in the court. And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come in to speak to the king, that he should hang Mordecai on the gallows, which he had prepared.
And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake.
And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.
Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?
Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?
And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly.
And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;
And those works are done with great speed, and the work goeth on prosperously in their hands, and with all glory and diligence is it made.
And when he was come to Jerusalem, and had been courteously received of the high priest of the city, he told him what intelligence was given of the money, and declared wherefore he came, and asked if these things were so indeed.
And he put the question, Why, when he entered all temples, none of the priests who were present forbade him?
Conversation grew on, and the king sent for Hermon, and inquired of him, with fierce denunciations, why the Jews had been allowed to outlive that day.
The king, receiving him, was astonished at his unwonted exit; and, overwhelmed with a spirit of oblivion about everything, inquired the object of this earnest preparation.
And when, on inquiring whether he would eat before he was tortured, they heard his noble sentiment,
He also being dead, the sixth, quite a youth, was brought out; and on the tyrant asking him whether he would eat and be delivered, he said,
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4441, grouped by book.
Pynthanomai (Strong's G4441) is a Greek word most simply glossed "demand". punthanomai (poon-than'-om-ai) v. 1. to question, i.e. ascertain by inquiry 2. (by implication) to learn (by casual intelligence)
This page currently indexes 23 linked usages for Strong's G4441 across 11 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4441 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 asked, said, king, sent, came, and should. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 4 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4441, with linked reader references where each row is available.