Strong G52ἄγνοια
ignorance
- Transliteration
- agnoia
- Pronunciation
- ag'-noy-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G50; ignorance (properly the quality): - ignorance.
Detailed definition
ἄγνοια, -ας, ἡ
(ἀγνοέω), [in LXX chiefly for אָשָׁם, שְׁגָגָה;]
ignorance: Act.3:17 17:30, Eph.4:18 (with sense of wilful blindness; cf. MM, VGT, see word), 1Pe.1:14.†
(AS)
(ἀγνοέω), [in LXX chiefly for אָשָׁם, שְׁגָגָה;]
ignorance: Act.3:17 17:30, Eph.4:18 (with sense of wilful blindness; cf. MM, VGT, see word), 1Pe.1:14.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G52 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ignorance4
First verses
- Acts 3:17And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.
- Acts 17:30And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
- Ephesians 4:18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
- 1 Peter 1:14As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄγνοιᾰ, ἡ,
(see. γιγνώσκω) want of perception, ignorance, ἀγνοίᾳ[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1596; ἀγνοίας ὕπο “Supp.” 499)]; ἣν ὑπ᾽ ἀγνοίας ὁρᾷς whom seeing you pretend not to know, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 419; ἀγνοίᾳ ἐξαμαρτάνειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.38, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.92, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 577, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.64, etc.)]; opposed to ἐπιστήμη, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 199d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 66b26; ἄ. κενότης ἐστὶ τῆς περὶ ψυχὴν ἕξεως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 585b)]; δι᾽ ἄγνοιαν πράττειν, opposed to ἀγνοῶν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1110b25: in Logic, ἡ τοῦ ἐλέγχου ἄ.)] ignoratio elenchi, ignorance of the conditions of a valid proof, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 168a18, +others)]
II mistaken conduct, a mistake, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.133, “Ep.” 2.19, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 27.2.2. [In Poets sometimes ἀγνοίᾱ, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 350, “Ph.” 129)]; old Attic dialect, accusative to [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus Dion. “fragment” 11, compare 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus 191)]; Ionic dialect ἀγνοίη[Refs 9th c.AD+ (9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.])]
(see. γιγνώσκω) want of perception, ignorance, ἀγνοίᾳ[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1596; ἀγνοίας ὕπο “Supp.” 499)]; ἣν ὑπ᾽ ἀγνοίας ὁρᾷς whom seeing you pretend not to know, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 419; ἀγνοίᾳ ἐξαμαρτάνειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.38, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.92, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 577, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.64, etc.)]; opposed to ἐπιστήμη, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 199d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 66b26; ἄ. κενότης ἐστὶ τῆς περὶ ψυχὴν ἕξεως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 585b)]; δι᾽ ἄγνοιαν πράττειν, opposed to ἀγνοῶν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1110b25: in Logic, ἡ τοῦ ἐλέγχου ἄ.)] ignoratio elenchi, ignorance of the conditions of a valid proof, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 168a18, +others)]
II mistaken conduct, a mistake, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.133, “Ep.” 2.19, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 27.2.2. [In Poets sometimes ἀγνοίᾱ, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 350, “Ph.” 129)]; old Attic dialect, accusative to [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus Dion. “fragment” 11, compare 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus 191)]; Ionic dialect ἀγνοίη[Refs 9th c.AD+ (9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.])]