Gloss
to knock (on a gate or door)
Forms of the word
Dictionary
κρούω
Greek transliteration
krouō
Simplified transliteration
krouo
Principal Parts
-, ἔκρουσα, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number
2925
GK Number
3218
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
9
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-1a(8)
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for κρούω
| Matthew 7:7 | “Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock (krouete | κρούετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) and it will be opened for you. |
| Matthew 7:8 | For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who seeks finds, and for everyone who knocks (krouonti | κρούοντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) it will be opened. |
| Luke 11:9 | “So to you I say, ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock (krouete | κρούετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) and it will be opened for you. |
| Luke 11:10 | For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who seeks finds, and for everyone who knocks (krouonti | κρούοντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) it will be opened. |
| Luke 12:36 | and be like men waiting for their master to come home from the wedding, so that when he comes and knocks (krousantos | κρούσαντος | aor act ptcp gen sg masc), they will open the door for him immediately. |
| Luke 13:25 | “Once the owner of the house has risen and shut the door, and you are left standing outside, knocking (krouein | κρούειν | pres act inf ) at the door, saying, ‘Sir, open the door for us!’ then he will respond to you, ‘I do not know you or where you are from.’ |
| Acts 12:13 | And when he knocked (krousantos | κρούσαντος | aor act ptcp gen sg masc) at the door of the gateway, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer. |
| Acts 12:16 | But Peter continued knocking (krouōn | κρούων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc); and when they opened, they saw him and were astonished. |
| Revelation 3:20 | Take note! I am standing at the door and knocking (krouō | κρούω | pres act ind 1 sg). If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will enter his house and eat with him, and he with me. |
