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Strong G56ἀγνωσία

ignorance

Transliteration
agnōsia
Pronunciation
ag-no-see'-ah
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G1 (as negative particle) and G1108; ignorance (properly the state): - ignorance not the knowledge.

Detailed definition

ἀγνωσία, -ας, ἡ
(γινώσκω), [in LXX: Job.35:16 (בִּבְלִי־דַּעַת), Wis.13:1, 3Ma.5:27 *;]
ignorance (opposite to γνῶσις): 1Co.15:34, 1Pe.2:15 (see Hort in l.; MM, VGT, see word).†
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In the Bible

Strong G56 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • ignorance1
  • knowledge1

First verses

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:34
    Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
  2. 1 Peter 2:15
    For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀγνωσία, ἡ,
ignorance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 9, 2nd c.BC: Demetrius Lacon Philosophus “Herc.” 1055.15; συμφορᾶς ἀ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1204; κέρδος ἐν κακοῖς ἀ. [prev. author] “fragment” 205; διὰ τὴν ἀλλήλων ἀ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.66)]; opposed to γνῶσις, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 267b: with _genitive_, θεοῦ LXX.Wis.13 1, NT.1Cor.15.34.)]
2 lack of acquaintance, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 42.)]
II being unknown, obscurity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 238d.)]