To ascertain
διερωτάωStrong’s G1331dierōtaō
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Dierōtaō is the Greek word usually translated “having inquired for”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon’s house, and stood before the gate,”
Meaning
Usually translated “having inquired for”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- having inquired for 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
διερωτάω dierōtaō · to ascertain
δι-ερωτάω, -ῶ to find by inquiry: with accusative, Act.10:17.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ascertain” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ASCERTA'IN, verb transitive
[Latin ad certum, to a certainty.]
- To make certain; to define or reduce to precision by moving obscurity or ambiguity.
- To make certain, by trial, examination or experiment, so as to know what was before unknown; as, to ascertain the weight of a commodity, or the purity of a metal.
- To make sure by previous measures.
- To make certain or confident, followed by a pronoun; as, to ascertain us of the goodness of our work. [unusual.]
All definitions
- To fix; to establish with certainty; to render invariable, and not subject to will.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.