Strong G50ἀγνοέω
be ignorant
- Transliteration
- agnoeō
- Pronunciation
- ag-no-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀγνοέω, -ῶ (> ἁγνίζω),
[in LXX for שָׁגָה, שָׁגַג, אָשַׁם, etc.;]
1. to be ignorant, not to know: absol., Ι Ti 1:13, Heb.5:2; with accusative, Act.13:27 17:23, Rom.10:3, 2Co.2:11; ἐν οἷς, 2Pe.2:12; before ὅτι, Rom.2:4 6:3 7:1, 1Co.14:38; οὐ θέλω ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν, a Pauline phrase: with accusative, Rom.11:25; before ὑπέρ, 2Co.1:8; περί, 1Co.12:1, 1Th.4:13. ὅτι, Rom.1:13, 1Co.10:1 (for similar usage in π., V. MM, VGT, see word). Pass.: 1Co.14:38, 2Co.6:9, Gal.1:22.
2. not to understand: with accusative, Mrk.9:32, Luk.9:45.
† (AS)
[in LXX for שָׁגָה, שָׁגַג, אָשַׁם, etc.;]
1. to be ignorant, not to know: absol., Ι Ti 1:13, Heb.5:2; with accusative, Act.13:27 17:23, Rom.10:3, 2Co.2:11; ἐν οἷς, 2Pe.2:12; before ὅτι, Rom.2:4 6:3 7:1, 1Co.14:38; οὐ θέλω ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν, a Pauline phrase: with accusative, Rom.11:25; before ὑπέρ, 2Co.1:8; περί, 1Co.12:1, 1Th.4:13. ὅτι, Rom.1:13, 1Co.10:1 (for similar usage in π., V. MM, VGT, see word). Pass.: 1Co.14:38, 2Co.6:9, Gal.1:22.
2. not to understand: with accusative, Mrk.9:32, Luk.9:45.
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G50 appears in 21 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ignorant5
- know4
- be3
- understand3
- have2
- should2
- unknown2
- being1
- ignorantly1
- let1
- not1
- ye1
First verses
- Mark 9:32But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
- Luke 9:45But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.
- Acts 13:27For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
- Acts 17:23For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
- Romans 1:13Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
- Romans 2:4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
- Romans 6:3Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
- Romans 7:1Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
- Romans 10:3For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
- Romans 11:25For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
- 1 Corinthians 10:1Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
- 1 Corinthians 12:1Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
- 1 Corinthians 14:38But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
- 2 Corinthians 1:8For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
- 2 Corinthians 2:11Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
- 2 Corinthians 6:9As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
- Galatians 1:22And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judea which were in Christ:
- 1 Thessalonians 4:13But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
- 1 Timothy 1:13Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
- Hebrews 5:2Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀγνο-έω,
Epic dialect ἀγνοι-, 3rd.pers.singular subjunctive ἀγνοιῇσι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.218)]: imperfect ἠγνόουν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.21, etc.)]: future ἀγνοήσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus “fragment” 12, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.251, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 32.10, 54.31)]: aorist ἠγνόησα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 134, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49, etc.)]; Epic dialect ἠγνοίησα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.807, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 551)], Epic dialect contraction 3rd.pers.singular ἀγνώσασκε[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.95)]: perfect ἠγνόηκα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 221d, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 20.4:)] —passive, future (of middle form) ἀγνοήσομαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.249)]; ἀγνοηθήσομαι variant in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 5:)]aorist ἠγνοήθην, see below: perfect ἠγνόημαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.171, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 797a. (This Verb implies a form ἄγνοος, ={ἀγνώς} 11))]:—not to perceive or recognize; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, alm)] ost always in aorist, ἄνδρ᾽ ἀγνοιήσασ᾽ ὑλάει[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.15, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus [same place], 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 228a)]; mostly with negative, οὐκ ἠγνοίησεν he perceived or knew well, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.807, etc.; μηδὲν ἀγνόει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 899.)]—Mostly with accusative, to be ignorant of, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.156, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 78; πάντα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 216d)]; ἑαυτοὺς ἀ. forget their former selves, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.74)]; τὴν πόλιν ἀ. not to discern the temper of the city, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] 19.231; τὸν ξένον 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 2.26)]; fail to understand, τὸ ῥῆμα[NT+5th c.BC+ (NT.Mark.9.32; περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 277d: with _genitive_ _person_ and rel. clause, ἀγνοοῦντες ἀλλήλων ὅ τι λέγομεν [prev. author] “Grg.” 517c)]: dependent clauses in participle, τίς.. ἀ. τὸν ἐκεῖθεν πόλεμον δεῦρο ἥξοντ;[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.15: with _conjunction_, οὐδεὶς ἀ. ὅτι.. [prev. author] 21.156, etc.; ἀγνοῶν εἰ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.5.12)]:—passive, not to be known, recognized, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 4a, “Hp.Ma.” 294d, etc.; ἀγνοούμενα ὅπῃ.. ἀγαθά ἐστι [prev. author] “R.” 506a)]; ἠγνοῆσθαι ξύμπασιν ὅτι.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 797a; ὑπελάμβανον ἀγνοήσεσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.249)]; καιρὸν οὐ παρεθέντα οὐδ᾽ ἀγνοηθέντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work]303,compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.171)]; τὰ ἠγνοημένα unknown parts, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 7.1.4.)]
II absolutely, go wrong, make a false step, first in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 46, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.44 (uncertain reading), Isocrates 8.39)]; participle ἀγνοῶν ignorantly, by mistake, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.3.38, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1110b27; ἀγνοήσαντες 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.5)]: in moral sense, to be ignorant of what is right, act amiss, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.11.5, cf. NT.Heb. 5.2)]:—middle, fail to recognize, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.630.)]
Epic dialect ἀγνοι-, 3rd.pers.singular subjunctive ἀγνοιῇσι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.218)]: imperfect ἠγνόουν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.21, etc.)]: future ἀγνοήσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus “fragment” 12, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.251, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 32.10, 54.31)]: aorist ἠγνόησα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 134, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49, etc.)]; Epic dialect ἠγνοίησα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.807, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 551)], Epic dialect contraction 3rd.pers.singular ἀγνώσασκε[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.95)]: perfect ἠγνόηκα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 221d, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 20.4:)] —passive, future (of middle form) ἀγνοήσομαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.249)]; ἀγνοηθήσομαι variant in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 5:)]aorist ἠγνοήθην, see below: perfect ἠγνόημαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.171, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 797a. (This Verb implies a form ἄγνοος, ={ἀγνώς} 11))]:—not to perceive or recognize; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, alm)] ost always in aorist, ἄνδρ᾽ ἀγνοιήσασ᾽ ὑλάει[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.15, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus [same place], 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 228a)]; mostly with negative, οὐκ ἠγνοίησεν he perceived or knew well, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.807, etc.; μηδὲν ἀγνόει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 899.)]—Mostly with accusative, to be ignorant of, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.156, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 78; πάντα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 216d)]; ἑαυτοὺς ἀ. forget their former selves, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.74)]; τὴν πόλιν ἀ. not to discern the temper of the city, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] 19.231; τὸν ξένον 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 2.26)]; fail to understand, τὸ ῥῆμα[NT+5th c.BC+ (NT.Mark.9.32; περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 277d: with _genitive_ _person_ and rel. clause, ἀγνοοῦντες ἀλλήλων ὅ τι λέγομεν [prev. author] “Grg.” 517c)]: dependent clauses in participle, τίς.. ἀ. τὸν ἐκεῖθεν πόλεμον δεῦρο ἥξοντ;[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.15: with _conjunction_, οὐδεὶς ἀ. ὅτι.. [prev. author] 21.156, etc.; ἀγνοῶν εἰ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.5.12)]:—passive, not to be known, recognized, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 4a, “Hp.Ma.” 294d, etc.; ἀγνοούμενα ὅπῃ.. ἀγαθά ἐστι [prev. author] “R.” 506a)]; ἠγνοῆσθαι ξύμπασιν ὅτι.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 797a; ὑπελάμβανον ἀγνοήσεσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.249)]; καιρὸν οὐ παρεθέντα οὐδ᾽ ἀγνοηθέντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work]303,compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.171)]; τὰ ἠγνοημένα unknown parts, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 7.1.4.)]
II absolutely, go wrong, make a false step, first in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 46, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.44 (uncertain reading), Isocrates 8.39)]; participle ἀγνοῶν ignorantly, by mistake, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.3.38, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1110b27; ἀγνοήσαντες 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.5)]: in moral sense, to be ignorant of what is right, act amiss, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.11.5, cf. NT.Heb. 5.2)]:—middle, fail to recognize, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.630.)]