Strong's Concordance
Original word: πυνθάνομαι
Transliteration: punthanomai
Definition (short): inquire
Definition (full): to inquire, by implication to learn
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: from a prim. root puth-
Definition: to inquire, by impl. to learn
NASB Translation: ask (1), asking (2), inquire (4), inquired (2), inquiring (1), learned (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Middle voice prolonged from a primary putho (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); to question, i.e. Ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from erotao, which properly means a request as a favor; and from aiteo, which is strictly a demand for something due; as well as from zeteo, which implies a search for something hidden; and from deomai, which involves the idea of urgent need); by implication, to learn (by casual intelligence) -- ask, demand, enquire, understand.
see GREEK erotao
see GREEK aiteo
see GREEK zeteo
see GREEK deomai
References
KJV:
And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
NASB:
Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born.
KJV:
And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
NASB:
"And he summoned one of the servants and began inquiring what these things could be.
KJV:
And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
NASB:
Now hearing a crowd going by, he began to inquire what this was.