Answerable
Bible Usage:
- answer used 131 times.
- answerable used once.
- answered used 492 times.
- answeredst used twice.
- Answerest used 6 times.
- answereth used 13 times.
- answering used 31 times.
- answers used 3 times.
- Bible Reference: Exodus 38:18
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: No
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: No
'ANSWERABLE, adjective
1. That may be answered; that to which a reply may be made, usually implying that the answer may be satisfactory; as, an answerable argument.
2. Obliged to give an account, or liable to be called to account; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal.
3. Obliged or liable to pay, indemnify or make good; as, to be answerable for a debt or for damages.
4. Correspondent; agreeing with; in conformity with; as, the features expressed in a picture are answerable to the original.
5. Suitable; suited; proportionate; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.
6. Equal; correspondent; proportionate; as, the success is answerable to my desires.
ANSWERABLENESS, noun The quality of being answerable, liable, responsible, or correspondent.