Strong's #4441: punthanomai (pronounced poon-than'-om-ahee)

middle voice prolonged from a primary putho (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); to question, i.e. ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from 2065, which properly means a request as a favor; and from 154, which is strictly a demand for something due; as well as from 2212, which implies a search for something hidden; and from 1189, which involves the idea of urgent need); by implication, to learn (by casual intelligence):--ask, demand, enquire, understand.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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punthanomai

1) to enquire, ask

2) to ascertain, by enquiry

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: middle voice prolonged from a primary putho (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses)

Usage:

This word is used 12 times:

 

Matthew 2:4: "scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ"
Luke 15:26: "of the servants, and asked what these things meant."
Luke 18:36: "hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant."
John 4:52: "Then inquired he of them the hour when"
John 13:24: "therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of"
Acts 4:7: "in the midst, they asked, By what power, or"
Acts 10:18: "And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged"
Acts 10:29: "came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for"
Acts 21:33: "with two chains; and demanded who he was, and"
Acts 23:19: "and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that"
Acts 23:20: "council, as though they would inquire somewhat of him more perfectly."
Acts 23:34: "province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;"