ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν

ἀποκρίνομαι 1 aor. mid. ἀπεκρινάμην (occas. NT, but the usual form in Joseph.). Pass.: 1 fut. ἀποκριθήσομαι; aor. ἀπεκρίθην (freq. in NT; in Jos. only Ant. 9, 35 and in Just. only D. 3, 6) (Ammonios, De Adfin. Voc. Diff. 67 [KNikkau ’66] states the purist’s position: ἀποκριθῆναι … ἐστι τὸ ἀποχωρισθῆναι, ἀποκρίνασθαι δὲ τὸ ἐρωτηθέντα λόγον δοῦναι = ἀποκριθῆναι has to do w. making distinctions, ἀποκρίνασθαι with making a reply; cp. Phryn. 108 Lob; on developments in the Koine s. M-M; also B-D-F §78; W-S. §13, 9; Rob. 334; Mayser I 2², 158; Thackeray 239; DELG s.v. κρίνω).

① answer, reply (so occas. in Hdt. and fr. Thu. on; ins, pap, LXX; En 106:9; TestSol, TestAbr, TestJob; JosAs 4:16; ParJer, ApcMos, ApcrEsdr [Epiph. 70, 14], EpArist; Philo, e.g. Aet. M. 4 [ἀπεκρίνατο]; Just.; diff. and more precisely Ath. [‘separate oneself’]) τινί and in Lk πρός τινα to someone (Thu. 5, 42, 2; Iambl., Myst. 7, 5 at end) Lk 4:4; 6:3; Ac 3:12; 25:16. To a question Mt 11:4; 13:11; 19:4; Mk 12:28, 34; Lk 3:11; 7:22; J 1:21, 26, 48; 3:5 al.; MPol 8:2. To requests, exhortations, commands, etc., the answer being quoted directly Mt 4:4; 12:39; 13:37; 1 Cl 12:4; MPol 10, 1 al. Freq. in Hermas: v 1, 1, 5 and 7; 3, 3, 1; 3, 4, 1 and 3; 3, 6, 5f al. Not preceded by a question expressed or implied, when the sentence is related in content to what precedes and forms a contrast to it, reply (as a reaction) Mt 3:15; 8:8; 12:48; 14:28; 15:24, 28; Mk 7:28; J 2:18; 3:9; Ac 25:4 al. τινί τι Mt 15:23; 22:46; Mk 14:40; Lk 23:9 (cp. Epict. 2, 24, 1 πολλάκις ἐπιθυμῶν σου ἀκοῦσαι ἦλθον πρός σε καὶ οὐδέποτέ μοι ἀπεκρίνω). οὐ γὰρ ᾔδει τί ἀποκριθῇ Mk 9:6; οὐδεν Mt 26:62; 27:12; Mk 14:61; πρός τι to someth. (Pla., Protag. 338d) οὐκ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ πρὸς οὐδὲ ἕν ῥῆμα he made no reply to him, not even to a single word or charge Mt 27:14 (cp. Jesus, son of Ananias, before the procurator Albinus: πρὸς ταῦτα οὐδʼ ὁτιοῦν ἀπεκρίνατο Jos., Bell. 6, 305; TestAbr A 16 p. 98, 11 [Stone p. 44] ὁ θάνατος … οὐκ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ [Abraham] λόγον; Eupolis Com. [V B.C.] K. ὡς ὑμῖν ἐγὼ πάντως ἀποκρινοῦμαι πρὸς τὰ κατηγορούμενα.—Artem. 3, 20 ὁ μηδὲν ἀποκρινόμενος μάντις … καὶ ἡ σιγὴ ἀπόκρισις ἀλλʼ ἀπαγορευτική= … a negative answer, to be sure. Just., A II, 9, 1 πρὸς τοῦτο; D. 50, 1 πρὸς πάντα). W. inf. foll. Lk 20:7 (on the rhetorical exchange 20:2–8 cp. Pla., Meno 76a and b); w. acc. and inf. foll. (X., Hell. 2, 2, 18) Ac 25:4 (cp. Just., D. 67, 9); foll. by ὅτι and direct discourse Mk 8:4; Ac 25:16; IPhld 8:2; foll. by dir. disc. without ὅτι Mk 9:17; J 1:21 (cp. Just., D. 35, 2 al.).

② Of the continuation of discourse like עָנָה (וַיַּעַן וַיּאֹמֶר, cp. the Homeric ἀμειβόμενος προσέειπε Il. 3; 437, s. DGE s.v. ἀμείβω; ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη Il. 1, 84 al.; for related pleonasm s. L-S-J-M λέγω III 7) continue Mt 11:25; 12:38; 15:15; 22:1; 26:25; Mk 10:24; begin, speak up Mt 26:63 v.l.; Mk 9:5; 10:51; 11:14; 12:35; Lk 1:19; 13:14; 14:3; J 5:19; Ac 5:8 (cp. Dt 21:7; 26:5; Is 14:10; Zech 1:10; 3:4; 1 Macc 2:17; 8:19; 2 Macc 15:14). Used formulaically w. εἰπεῖν or λέγειν, and oft. left untransl.: 2 Cl 5:3; ἀπεκρίθη καὶ εἶπεν J 2:19; ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν Mt 16:16 al. (TestAbr B 4, p. 108, 21 [Stone p. 64]; TestJob; ParJer 7:2); ἀποκριθεὶς ἔφη Lk 23:3; GPt 11:46; ἀπεκρίθη καὶ λέγει Mk 7:28; J 1:49 v.l.; 4:17; ἀποκριθήσονται λέγοντες Mt 25:37; ἀπεκρίθη λέγων Hs 5, 4, 3 Joly (cp. Hdt. 5, 67, 2 χρᾷ φᾶσα=[the Pythia] declared and said; TestLevi 19:2; B-D-F §420, 1; Mlt. 131; Schwyzer II 301; Dalman, Worte 19f [Eng. 24f]; PJoüon, ‘Respondit et dixit’: Biblica 13, ’32, 309–14).—B. 1266. M-M. TW.

ἀποκρίνω [ῑ], [tense] fut. -κρῐνῶ,

A set apart, prob. in Alc.Supp. 5.7, Pherecr.23, Ael.VH12.8;

χωρὶς ἀ. Pl.Plt. 302c

, al.:—[voice] Pass., to be parted or separated, ἀποκρινθέντε parted from the throng (of two πρόμαχοι), Il.5.12 (nowhere else in Hom.);

πίθηκος ᾔει θηρίων ἀποκριθείς Archil.89.3

; of the elements in cosmogony, Emp.9.4, Anaxag. 2, Democr.167;

ἀπεκρίθη.. τοῦ βαρβάρου ἔθνεος τὸ Ἑλληνικόν Hdt.1.60

;

χωρίς θηρίων ἡ δίαιτα ἀποκέκριται Id.2.36

; ἀποκεκρίσθαι εἰς ἓν ὄνομα to be separated and brought under one name, Th.1.3; οὐ βεβαίως ἀπεκρίθησαν, of combatants, separated without decisive result, Id.4.72.

2 Medic. in [voice] Pass., to be distinctly formed, Hp.Prog.23; of the embryo, Arist.HA 561a17; τὰ ἐν τῷ σώματι -όμενα bodily secretions, Hp.VM14;

τὰ ἐς τὴν κοιλίην ἀ. Id.Vict.4.89

; but ἐς τοῦτο πάντα ἀπεκρίθη all illnesses determined or ended in this alone, Th.2.49; also

ᾗ τὰ περιττώματα ἀποκρίνεται

are voided,

Arist.PA 665b24

, cf. GA 773b35.

3 mark by a distinctive form, distinguish,

πρύμνην Hdt.1.194

;

νόσημά τι ἀποκεκριμένον

specific,

Pl.R. 407d

, cf. Arist. Mete. 369b29.

II choose,

ἕνα ὑμῶν ἀ. ἐξαίρετον Hdt.6.130

; ἀ. τοῦ πεζοῦ, τοῦ στρατοῦ, choose from.., Hdt.3.17,25; δυοῖν ἀποκρίνας κακοῖν having set apart, i.e. decreed, one of two, S.OT 640.

2 exclude,

πλήθει τῶν ψήφων Pl.Lg. 946a

.

III reject on examination, κρίνειν καὶ ἀ. ib. 751d; ἐγκρίνειν καὶ ἀ. ib. 936a; ἀ. τινὰ τῆς νίκης decide that one has lost the victory, decide it against one, Arist.Pol. 1315b18:—[voice] Med., Pl.Lg. 966d.

IV [voice] Med., ἀποκρίνομαι, [tense] fut. -κρῐνοῦμαι, etc.: Pl. uses [tense] pf. and [tense] plpf. [voice] Pass. in med. sense, Prt. 358a, Grg. 463c, etc., but also in pass. sense (v. infr.):—give answer to, reply to question, dub.1. in Hdt.5.49, 8.101 (elsewh. ὑποκρ-), cf. E.Ba. 1271, IA 1354;

ἀ. τινί Ar.Nu. 1245

, etc.: metaph.,

ἀ. τοῖς πράγμασιν ὡς ἐπὶ τῶν ἐρωτημάτων Arr.Epict.2.16.2

; ἀ. πρός τινα, πρὸς τὸ ἐρωτώμενον, to a questioner or question, Th.5.42, Pl.Prt. 338d;

ἀ. εἰ.. Ar. V. 964

;

ἀ. ὅτι.. Th.1.90

: c. acc., ἀποκρίνεσθαι τὸ ἐρωτηθέν to answer the question, Id.3.61, cf. Pl.Cri. 49a, Hp.Ma. 287b, Arist.Metaph. 1007a9: c. acc. cogn.,

ἀ. οὐδὲ γρῦ Ar.Pl.17

;

οὐδὲν ξυμβατικόν Th.8.71

;

ἀ. ἀπόκρισιν Pl.Lg. 658c

:—[voice] Pass., τοῦτό μοι ἀποκεκρίσθω let this be my answer, Id.Tht. 187b; καλῶς ἄν σοι ἀπεκέκριτο your answer would have been sufficient, Id.Grg. 453d, cf.Men. 75c,Euthd. 299d.

2 answer charges, defend oneself, Ar.Ach. 632;

ὁ ἀποκρινόμενος

the defendant,

Antipho 6.18

, cf. 2.4.3; ἀπεκρινάμην freq. in legal documents, PHib.1.31.24 (iii B. C.), etc.

3 [tense] aor. [voice] Pass. ἀπεκρίθη, = ἀπεκρίνατο, he answered, condemned by Phryn.86, is unknown in earlier [dialect] Att., exc. in Pherecr.51, Pl.Alc.2.149b; but occurs in Machoap.Ath.8.349d, UPZ6.30 (ii B. C.), SIG674.61 (Narthacium, ii B. C.), IG4.679 (Hermione, ii B. C.), Plb.4.30.7, etc.; once in J., AJ9.3.1, twice in Luc., Sol.5, Demon.26; regular in LXX (but sts. ἀπεκρινάμην in solemn language, as 3 Ki.2.1 ) and prevails in NT esp. in the phrase

ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν Ev.Matt.3.15

;

ἀ. λέγει Ev.Marc.8.20

, al., cf. X.An. 2.1.22 codd.: [tense] fut. ἀποκριθήσομαι in same sense, LXXIs.14.32, al., Ev.Matt.25.45, Hermog.Inv.4.6.