King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2477
Transliteration: historeō
Phonetic Spelling: (his-tor-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to inquire about, visit
Meaning: to inquire about, visit
ἱστορέω: 1 aorist infinitive ἱστορῆσαι; (ἴστωρ (allied with οἶδα (ἱστῶ), videre (visus), etc.; Curtius, § 282), ἱστορος, one that has inquired into, knowing, skilled in); from Aeschylus and Herodotus down;
Word Summary
historeō: to inquire about, visit
Original Word: ἱστορέωTransliteration: historeō
Phonetic Spelling: (his-tor-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to inquire about, visit
Meaning: to inquire about, visit
Strong's Concordance
visit, interviewFrom a derivative of eido; to be knowing (learned), i.e. (by implication) to visit for information (interview) -- see.
see GREEK eido
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2477: ἱστορέωἱστορέω: 1 aorist infinitive ἱστορῆσαι; (ἴστωρ (allied with οἶδα (ἱστῶ), videre (visus), etc.; Curtius, § 282), ἱστορος, one that has inquired into, knowing, skilled in); from Aeschylus and Herodotus down;
1. to inquire into, examine, investigate.
2. to find out, learn, by inquiry.
3. to gain knowledge of by visiting: something (worthy of being seen), τήν χώραν, Plutarch, Thes. 30; Pomp. 40; τινα, some distinguished person, to become personally acquainted with, know face to face: Galatians 1:18; so too in Josephus, Antiquities 1, 11, 4; b. j. 6, 1, 8 and often in the Clement. homilies; cf. Hilgenfeld, Galaterbrief, p. 122 note; (Ellicott on Galatians, the passage cited).