- 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" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2065 which properly means a request as a favor; and from G154" class="dictionary-topic-link">G154 which is strictly a demand of something due; as well as from G2212" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2212 which implies a search for something hidden; and from G1189" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1189 which involves the idea of urgent need); by implication to learn (by casual intelligence): - ask demand enquire understand.