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Lexical Definition
Strong's Greek G4441
to question, i.e. ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from , which properly means a request as a favor; and from , which is strictly a demand for something due; as well as from , which implies a search for something hidden; and from , which involves the idea of urgent need); by implication, to learn (by casual intelligence)
KJV usage: :--ask, demand, enquire, understand.
Etymology: middle voice prolonged from a primary (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses);
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
to ask, inquire, Mt. 2:4; Lk. 15:26; to investigate, examine judicially, Acts 23:20; to ascertain by inquiry, understand, Acts 23:34