Strong G57ἄγνωστος
unknown
- Transliteration
- agnōstos
- Pronunciation
- ag'-noce-tos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἄγνωστος, -ον
(γινώσκω), [in LXX: Wis.11:18 18:3, 2Ma.1:19 2:7 (Cremer, 157) *;]
unknown: Act.17:23 (cf. MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
(γινώσκω), [in LXX: Wis.11:18 18:3, 2Ma.1:19 2:7 (Cremer, 157) *;]
unknown: Act.17:23 (cf. MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G57 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- unknown1
First verses
- 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.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄγνωστος, ον,
unknown, τινί[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.175)]; unheard of, forgotten,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Mimn 5.7; ἄ. ἐς γῆν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 94)]; unfamiliar, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 149a5 (_comparative_).)]
2 not to be known, ἄγνωστόν τινα τεύχειν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.191; πάντεσσι [prev. work] 397)]; ἀγνωστστατοι γλῶσσαν most unintelligible in tongue, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.94.)]
3 not an object of knowledge, unknowable, ἄλογα καὶ ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 202b; ἡ ὕλη ἄ. καθ᾽ αὑτήν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1036a9)]; in comparative, harder to know, [Refs ([prev. work] 995a2.)]adverb -τως[Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Alcibiadem” p.52C.)]
4 as the name of a divinity at Athens, νὴ τὸν Ἄγνωστον Ps.-[NT+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philopatr.” 9, cf. NT.Act.17.23; in _plural_, θεῶν.. ὀνομαζομένων ἀ. 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.1.4.)]
II active, notknowing, ignorant of, ψευδέων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.67 (variant{ἄγνωτον}),compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Halc.” 3.)]adverb -τως inconsiderately, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.29 O.)]
unknown, τινί[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.175)]; unheard of, forgotten,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Mimn 5.7; ἄ. ἐς γῆν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 94)]; unfamiliar, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 149a5 (_comparative_).)]
2 not to be known, ἄγνωστόν τινα τεύχειν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.191; πάντεσσι [prev. work] 397)]; ἀγνωστστατοι γλῶσσαν most unintelligible in tongue, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.94.)]
3 not an object of knowledge, unknowable, ἄλογα καὶ ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 202b; ἡ ὕλη ἄ. καθ᾽ αὑτήν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1036a9)]; in comparative, harder to know, [Refs ([prev. work] 995a2.)]adverb -τως[Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Alcibiadem” p.52C.)]
4 as the name of a divinity at Athens, νὴ τὸν Ἄγνωστον Ps.-[NT+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philopatr.” 9, cf. NT.Act.17.23; in _plural_, θεῶν.. ὀνομαζομένων ἀ. 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.1.4.)]
II active, notknowing, ignorant of, ψευδέων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.67 (variant{ἄγνωτον}),compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Halc.” 3.)]adverb -τως inconsiderately, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.29 O.)]