- Original: πυνθάνομαι - Transliteration: Punthanomai - Phonetic: poon-than'-om-ahee - Definition: 1. to enquire, ask 2. to ascertain, by enquiry - Origin: middle voice prolonged from a primary putho (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: Middle voice prolonged from πύθω puthō a primary word (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); to question that is ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from G2065 which properly means a request as a favor; and from G154 which is strictly a demand of something due; as well as from G2212 which implies a search for something hidden; and from G1189 which involves the idea of urgent need); by implication to learn (by casual intelligence): - ask demand enquire understand. Total KJV Occurrences: 11 • ask, 2 Joh 13:24; Act 10:29 • asked, 4 Luke 18:36; Act 4:7; Act 10:18; Act 23:19 • demanded, 2 Mat 2:4; Act 21:33 • inquire, 1 Act 23:20 • inquired, 1 Joh 4:52 • understood, 1 Act 23:34