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γινώσκω

ginōskōG1097

to know

Used 222 times in the tagged text.

Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • γινώσκω (= γιγν-: see previous word. So also vulgar Attic, in Inscr., see Thumb, MGV, 207),
  • [in LXX chiefly for ידע ;]
  • to be taking in knowledge, come to know, recognize, perceive, understand; in past tenses to know, realize; pass., to become known: with accusative, Mat.22:18, Mrk.5:43, Col.4:8, 1Th.3:5, al. Pass., Mat.10:26, Php.4:5, al.; before ὅτι, Mat.21:45, Jhn.4:1, al.; τί, Mat.6:3; ἀπό, Mrk.15:45; ὅ, Rom.7:15; τ. λεγόμενα, Luk.18:34; τ. θέλημα, Luk.12:47; τ. καρδίας, Luk.16:15; with accusative of person(s), of recognition by God, 1Co.8:3, Gal.4:9; by Christ, neg., Mat.7:23; frequently of the knowledge of divine things, of God and Christ; τ. θεόν, Rom.1:21 Gal.4:9; τ. πατέρα, Jhn.8:55; τ. κύριον, Heb.8:1 (LXX); νοῦν κυρίου, Rom.11:34; Χριστόν, Jhn.17:3, 1Jn.3:6; τὰ τοῦ πνεύματος, 1Co.2:14; τ. πνεύμα, 1Jn.4:6; τ. ἀλήθειαν, Jhn.8:32; of Christ's knowledge of the Father (ἐπιγ.), Mat.11:27 (Dalman, Words, 282ff.). In Hellenistic writers [LXX for Heb. ידע, Gal.4:1, al.], of sexual intercourse, to know carnally: Mat.1:25, Luk.1:34 (Cremer, 153).
  • SYN.: γ., to know by observation and experience is thus prop. disting. from οἶδα, to know by reflection (a mental process, based on intuition or information); cf. also ἐφίστημι, συνίημι. (Cf. ἀνα-, δια-, ἐπι-, κατα-, προ-γινώσκω.) (AS)

Same idea, other words · Wisdom and knowing

To know in the Bible is more than to possess information: it is to be in relationship. Wisdom is skill for living in God's world.

Where it appears

  • Matthew20
  • Mark12
  • Luke28
  • John57
  • Acts16
  • Romans9
  • 1 Corinthians16
  • 2 Corinthians8
  • Galatians4
  • Ephesians3
  • Philippians5
  • Colossians1
  • 1 Thessalonians1
  • 2 Timothy3
  • Hebrews4
  • James3
  • 2 Peter2
  • 1 John25
  • 2 John1
  • Revelation4

Every use · 201–222 of 222 · BSB

  1. 1 John 2:29γινώσκετεyou know

    If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

  2. 1 John 3:1γινώσκειknows

    Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

  3. 1 John 3:1ἔγνωit knew

    Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

  4. 1 John 3:6ἔγνωκενhas he known

    No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.

  5. 1 John 3:16ἐγνώκαμενwe have known

    By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

  6. 1 John 3:19γνωσόμεθαwe will know

    And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:

  7. 1 John 3:20γινώσκειHe knows

    Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.

  8. 1 John 3:24γινώσκομενwe know

    Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.

  9. 1 John 4:2γινώσκετεyou know

    By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

  10. 1 John 4:6γινώσκωνknowing

    We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.

  11. 1 John 4:6γινώσκομενwe know

    We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.

  12. 1 John 4:7γινώσκειknows

    Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

  13. 1 John 4:8ἔγνωhas known

    Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

  14. 1 John 4:13γινώσκομενwe know

    By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.

  15. 1 John 4:16ἐγνώκαμενhave come to know

    And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

  16. 1 John 5:2γινώσκομενwe know

    By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.

  17. 1 John 5:20γινώσκωμενwe may know

    And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

  18. 2 John 1:1ἐγνωκότεςalready knowing

    The elder, To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I alone, but also all who know the truth—

  19. Revelation 2:23γνώσονταιwill know

    Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.

  20. Revelation 2:24ἔγνωσανhave known

    But I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned the so-called deep things of Satan: I will place no further burden upon you.

  21. Revelation 3:3γνῷςyou may know

    Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.

  22. Revelation 3:9γνῶσινthey may know

    Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.

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