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ἐπίγνωσις

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greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine20 occurrences10 books20 verses

Definition

ἐπί-γνωσις, -εως, ἡ

(ἐπιγινώσκω, which see), [in LXX: 1 Kings 7:14 (B. γν-), Proverbs 2:5, Hosea 4:1, 6; 6:6 (דַּעַת), Jdt.9.14, 2Ma.9.11 * ;]

acquaintance, discernment, recognition (Plut., al.): Philippians 1:9, Colossians 3:10; with genitive of thing(s), Colossians 1:9; 2:2, Phm 6; τ. ἀληθείας, 1 Timothy 2:4, 2 Timothy 2:25; 3:7, Titus 1:1, Hebrews 10:26; τ. ἁμαρτίας, Romans 3:20; with genitive of person(s), of God: Ephesians 1:17, Colossians 1:10, 2 Peter 1:2-3; of Christ: Ephesians 4:13, 2 Peter 1:8; 2:20; of God and Christ: 2 Peter 1:2; κατ ̓ ἐ., Romans 10:2; ἔχειν ἐν ἐ., Romans 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).

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

20 total
  1. Romans 1:28ἐπιγνώσει
    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.
  2. Romans 3:20ἐπίγνωσις · awareness
    Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
  3. Romans 10:2ἐπίγνωσιν · knowledge
    For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
  4. Ephesians 1:17ἐπιγνώσει · [your] knowledge
    …that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
  5. Ephesians 4:13ἐπιγνώσεως · knowledge
    …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.
  6. Philippians 1:9ἐπιγνώσει · knowledge
    And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
  7. Colossians 1:9ἐπίγνωσιν · knowledge
    For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
  8. Colossians 1:10ἐπιγνώσει · knowledge
    …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,
  9. Colossians 2:2ἐπίγνωσιν · they may know
    …that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
  10. Colossians 3:10ἐπίγνωσιν · knowledge
    …and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
  11. 1 Timothy 2:4ἐπίγνωσιν · [the] knowledge
    …who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
  12. 2 Timothy 2:25ἐπίγνωσιν · a knowledge
    He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.
  13. 2 Timothy 3:7ἐπίγνωσιν · a knowledge
    …who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.
  14. Titus 1:1ἐπίγνωσιν · [their] knowledge
    Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,
  15. Philemon 1:6ἐπιγνώσει · you fully acknowledge
    I pray that your partnership in the faith may become effective as you fully acknowledge every good thing that is ours in Christ.
  16. Hebrews 10:26ἐπίγνωσιν · knowledge
    If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
  17. 2 Peter 1:2ἐπιγνώσει · [the] knowledge
    Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
  18. 2 Peter 1:3ἐπιγνώσεως · knowledge
    His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
  19. 2 Peter 1:8ἐπίγνωσιν · knowledge
    For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  20. 2 Peter 2:20ἐπιγνώσει · [the] knowledge
    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.