Lexical Definition

‎ἐξετάζω‎ exetázō (ex-et-ad'-zo) to find out ^G:V
from ‎ἐκ‎ and (to examine)

ask, enquire, search.

• to test thoroughly (by questions), i.e. ascertain or interrogate

Abbott-Smith

ἐξ-ετάζω (< ἐτάζω (rare), to examine), [in LXX: De 13:14-15 De 19:18, I Ch 28:9 A (דּרשׁ), Ps 10 (11) 5, 6* (בּחן), Wi 6:3, Si 3:21, al. ;]
to examine closely, inquire carefully (of): seq. περί (c. ἀκριβῶς), Mt 2:8; seq. τίς, Mt 10:11; c. acc pers., Jo 21:12.†
SYN.: ἀνακρίνω, ἐραυνάω (v. DCG, ii, 594b)

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἐξετάζω-άζω,

future ἐξετάζωάσω, rarely ἐξετάζωῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐξήτασα [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc., Doric dialect ἐξήταξα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: perfect ἐξήτακα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future -ετασθήσομαι[Refs 4th c.BC+]aorist -ητάσθην (see. below): perfect -ήτασμαι (see. entry near the end):—examine well or closely, scrutinize, review, ἐ. φίλους, ὅντιν᾽ ἔχουσι νόον [ἐξετάζωάσω 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.21; ἐκ τοῦ εἰκότος ἐξετάζωασθῆναι δεῖ τὸ πρᾶγμα 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.37 ">Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐ., opposed to ὑπέχειν λόγον, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ δι᾽ ἀκριβείας -αζόμενον exactly weighed words, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τι [διὰ] τῶν εἰδότων make inquiries into a thing from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 of troops, inspect, review, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, στρατὸς δὲ θάσσει κἀξετάζεται [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 ἐ. τὴν βουλήν, τὸ βουλευτικόν, = Latin legere senatum, revise the roll of the Senate, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__4 examine, approve, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__5 pass in review, enumerate, ἁμαρτήματα ἀκριβῶς ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II examine or question a person closely, [ἐξετάζωάσω 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.154, compare 18.20; τὸν δεσπότην ὁ δοῦλος ἐξετάζωάζει [prev. author] 45.76 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III estimate, τι πρός τι one thing with reference to another, [ἐξετάζωαζομένη 4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 114, compare 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 3.119a; ἐ. τινὰ παρ᾽ ἄλληλα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.265, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.11 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare, πρὸς Ἀριστογείτονα ἐμαυτόν [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV prove by scrutiny or test, of gold, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐ. τοὺς κακούς τε κἀγαθούς [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with participle, ἐξητακὼς στερεοὺς ὑπάρχοντας τοὺς τόπους [Refs 2nd c.BC+] —more frequently in passive, ἐὰν μὴ παρὼν ἐ. unless he is proved to have been present, [ἐξετάζωάζεσθαι φίλος (i.e. ὤν) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1011; ἐχθρὸς ἐξετάζωαζόμενος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.65; κατήγορος [prev. author] 22.66; μέτριοι ἐν τοῖς ἀνηκέστοις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.74b ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, τὰ φοβερὰ ἐξετάζωασθήσεται μέχρι λόγου τοιαῦτα ὄντα [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__V passive, to be numbered, counted, with genitive, ὧν εἷς ἐγὼ βουληθεὶς ἐξετάζωάζεσθαι [ἐξετάζωάζεσθαι ">Refs 5th c.BC+]to be found in the number of.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων ἐξητάζετο he appeared among.., [Refs 1st c.BC+]; to be placed on a roll, ἐν τοῖς ἱππικοῖς among the [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of the census, ἐξητάσθησαν αἱ πᾶσαι πεντεκαίδεκα [μυριάδες] [Refs]caes.[Refs]
__V.2 passive, present oneself, appear, [Refs 4th c.BC+]