anaginosko is used for engaging written Scripture, letters, and other texts, whether personally or before a gathered audience.

The verb denotes engagement with a written text, most often when a Scripture passage is consulted, quoted, or heard read. The same use appears with public reading in synagogue or congregational settings and with letters or official written documents.

1. Reading and consulting written texts · dominant

   In Matthew 12:3 and Matthew 21:42, the aorist active questions appeal to whether hearers have encountered written material concerning David and the Scriptures. In Acts 8:30, a present active participle describes a man engaged with Isaiah while the second-person present form asks whether he understands what he is reading; Acts 15:31 and Acts 23:34 likewise place the action with receiving and examining a letter. Passive forms show texts being read in communal settings: Acts 13:27 speaks of prophetic voices read every Sabbath, and 1 Thessalonians 5:27 directs that a letter be read to all the brothers.

   Matthew 12:3Matthew 21:42Acts 8:30Acts 15:31Acts 13:271 Thessalonians 5:27

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses “read” and “reading,” and in Revelation 1:3 it renders the clause “reads aloud.” Because the APB translates whole verses rather than aligning individual words, its wording confirms the written-text setting but does not establish a separate English equivalent in every occurrence.