Words the Bible translates as answer
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 11 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- amarאָמַרto say: to speak words, and so to think them or to declare them
- apokrinōἀποκρίνωto answer: to speak in reply, whether responding to a question or speaking up to address what someone has said or done
- anahעָנָהto answer: to respond to what someone has said, asked, or charged
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- to sing responsively: to lift up a song or chant, often as one group answering another
- hupakouōὑπακούωto obey: to heed and carry out what an authority says, as the answer of someone who has listened to a voice.
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- to answer a knock at the door: to come to the gate in response to a caller, listening to find out who is there.
- anahעֲנָהto answer or speak up: to respond to what has been said, or simply to begin speaking
- apokrisisἀπόκρισιςanswernot studied yet
- apologeomaiἀπολογέομαιto make a defense in words: to answer an accusation or a challenge by stating one's case
- apologiaἀπολογίαa reasoned spoken defense: the reply you make to clear yourself or your cause when you are challenged or accused
- tuvתּוּבto go back, or to send something back: whether a person's mind comes back to him, an object is put back where it belongs, or a word is sent back as an answer
- teshuvahתְּשׁוּבָהan answer: what one side says back to the other in an argument
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- a coming back around: the return of something to the point it set out from
- ma'anehמַעֲנֶהan answer: the reply that comes back when someone speaks, asks, or accuses
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