Strong G1922ἐπίγνωσις
knowledge
- Transliteration
- epignōsis
- Pronunciation
- ip-ig'-no-sis
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G1921; recognition that is (by implication) full discernment acknowledgement: - (ac-) knowledge (-ing -ment).
Detailed definition
ἐπί-γνωσις, -εως, ἡ
(ἐπιγινώσκω, which see), [in LXX: 3Ki.7:14 (B. γν-), Pro.2:5, Hos.4:1, 6 6:6 (דַּעַת), Jdth.9:14, 2Ma.9:11 *;]
acquaintance, discernment, recognition (Plut., al.): Php.1:9, Col.3:10; with genitive of thing(s), Col.1:9 2:2, Phm 6; τ. ἀληθείας, 1Ti.2:4, 2Ti.2:25 3:7, Tit.1:1, Heb.10:26; τ. ἁμαρτίας, Rom.3:20; with genitive of person(s), of God: Eph.1:17, Col.1:10, 2Pe.1:2-3; of Christ: Eph.4:13, 2Pe.1:8 2:20; of God and Christ: 2Pe.1:2; κατ ̓ ἐ., Rom.10:2; ἔχειν ἐν ἐ., Rom.1:28 (see AR, Eph., 248 ff.; and for a somewhat different view, Thayer, see word; Lft. on Col, 1:9; Tr., Syn., LXXv; Cremer, 159 f.; cf. αἴσθησις).†
(AS)
(ἐπιγινώσκω, which see), [in LXX: 3Ki.7:14 (B. γν-), Pro.2:5, Hos.4:1, 6 6:6 (דַּעַת), Jdth.9:14, 2Ma.9:11 *;]
acquaintance, discernment, recognition (Plut., al.): Php.1:9, Col.3:10; with genitive of thing(s), Col.1:9 2:2, Phm 6; τ. ἀληθείας, 1Ti.2:4, 2Ti.2:25 3:7, Tit.1:1, Heb.10:26; τ. ἁμαρτίας, Rom.3:20; with genitive of person(s), of God: Eph.1:17, Col.1:10, 2Pe.1:2-3; of Christ: Eph.4:13, 2Pe.1:8 2:20; of God and Christ: 2Pe.1:2; κατ ̓ ἐ., Rom.10:2; ἔχειν ἐν ἐ., Rom.1:28 (see AR, Eph., 248 ff.; and for a somewhat different view, Thayer, see word; Lft. on Col, 1:9; Tr., Syn., LXXv; Cremer, 159 f.; cf. αἴσθησις).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1922 appears in 20 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- knowledge16
- acknowledging3
- acknowledgement1
First verses
- Romans 1:28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
- Romans 3:20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
- Romans 10:2For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
- Ephesians 1:17That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
- Ephesians 4:13Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
- Philippians 1:9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
- Colossians 1:9For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
- Colossians 1:10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
- Colossians 2:2That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
- Colossians 3:10And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
- 1 Timothy 2:4Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
- 2 Timothy 2:25In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
- 2 Timothy 3:7Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
- Titus 1:1Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
- Philemon 1:6That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
- Hebrews 10:26For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
- 2 Peter 1:2Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
- 2 Peter 1:3According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
- 2 Peter 1:8For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2 Peter 2:20For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπί-γνωσις, εως, ἡ,
recognition, c.genitive, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Lib.” p.49O.; σφραγίδων 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 7.6.7)]; [τινῶν] διὰ βοῆς, δι᾽ ὀμμάτων, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “BJ” 6.2.6; ἐς ἐπίγνωσιν 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Praefatio” 13)]; recognition of a mistake, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.114)]; determination of a fact, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 24.23 (2nd c.BC).)]
2. knowledge, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (τινός 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.7.6, 3.31.4, 2nd c.BC: Attalus Grammaticus cited in 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus 1.8.10, compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus “Bel.59.2”; τοῦ μέλλοντος 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.222; μουσικῆς Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] 2.1145a; θεοῦ Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum “Proverbs” 2.5, compare “Ep.” “Rom.” 10.2, etc.; τὸν θεὸν ἔχειν ἐν ἐπιγνώσει [prev. work]1.28, etc.; λαβὼν κανόνας εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν τῆς ἀληθείας 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.20.21, compare 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “M.” 7.259; ἐ. ἐπιστημονική)] scientific theory, [Refs (Theol.Ar. 17.)]
II. decision, πρὸς [Refs 4th c.AD+ (-σιν κεκαθίκασιν “SIG” 826 D 16; θεῶν ἐ. 4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Or.” 1.17.)]
recognition, c.genitive, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Lib.” p.49O.; σφραγίδων 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 7.6.7)]; [τινῶν] διὰ βοῆς, δι᾽ ὀμμάτων, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “BJ” 6.2.6; ἐς ἐπίγνωσιν 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Praefatio” 13)]; recognition of a mistake, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.114)]; determination of a fact, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 24.23 (2nd c.BC).)]
2. knowledge, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (τινός 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.7.6, 3.31.4, 2nd c.BC: Attalus Grammaticus cited in 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus 1.8.10, compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus “Bel.59.2”; τοῦ μέλλοντος 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.222; μουσικῆς Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] 2.1145a; θεοῦ Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum “Proverbs” 2.5, compare “Ep.” “Rom.” 10.2, etc.; τὸν θεὸν ἔχειν ἐν ἐπιγνώσει [prev. work]1.28, etc.; λαβὼν κανόνας εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν τῆς ἀληθείας 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.20.21, compare 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “M.” 7.259; ἐ. ἐπιστημονική)] scientific theory, [Refs (Theol.Ar. 17.)]
II. decision, πρὸς [Refs 4th c.AD+ (-σιν κεκαθίκασιν “SIG” 826 D 16; θεῶν ἐ. 4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Or.” 1.17.)]