Words the Bible translates as reply
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- apokrinōἀποκρίνωto answer: to speak in reply, whether responding to a question or speaking up to address what someone has said or done
- anahעֲנָהto answer or speak up: to respond to what has been said, or simply to begin speaking
- 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
- teshuvahתְּשׁוּבָהa coming back around: the return of something to the point it set out from
+1 more meaning
- an answer: what one side says back to the other in an argument
- ma'anehמַעֲנֶהan answer: the reply that comes back when someone speaks, asks, or accuses
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