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GreekG1922Noun (Feminine)

ἐπίγνωσις

epignōsis

20Occurrences
G1922Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

recognition, i.e. (by implication) full discernment, acknowledgement

from G1921 (ἐπιγινώσκω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
acquaintance, discernment, recognition (Plut.): ἀληθείας,; ἁμαρτίας; of Christ: of God and Christ: *κατ *̓ ἐ.; ἔχειν ἐν ἐ., (see AR, Eph., 248 ff.; and for a somewhat different view, Thayer; Lft. on Col; Tr., Syn., LXXv; Cremer, 159 f.; cf. αἴσθησις).
LXX: (B. γν-), (דַּעַת), *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

ἐπίγνωσις appears 20 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Peter
4
Colossians
4
Romans
3
2 Timothy
2
Ephesians
2
1 Timothy
1
Hebrews
1
Philemon
1

Key Passages

1 Timothy 2:4BSB

who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

2 Peter 2:20BSB

If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.

Colossians 1:10BSB

so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,

Ephesians 4:13BSB

until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.

Romans 1:28BSB

Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.