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γινώσκω

ginōskōto knowHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentVerb221 occurrences20 books205 verses

Definition

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, Matthew 22:18, Mark 5:43, Colossians 4:8, 1 Thessalonians 3:5, al. Pass., Matthew 10:26, Philippians 4:5, al.; before ὅτι, Matthew 21:45, John 4:1, al.; τί, Matthew 6:3; ἀπό, Mark 15:45; ὅ, Romans 7:15; τ. λεγόμενα, Luke 18:34; τ. θέλημα, Luke 12:47; τ. καρδίας, Luke 16:15; with accusative of person(s), of recognition by God, 1 Corinthians 8:3, Galatians 4:9; by Christ, neg., Matthew 7:23; frequently of the knowledge of divine things, of God and Christ; τ. θεόν, Romans 1:21, Galatians 4:9; τ. πατέρα, John 8:55; τ. κύριον, Hebrews 8:1 (LXX); νοῦν κυρίου, Romans 11:34; Χριστόν, John 17:3, 1 John 3:6; τὰ τοῦ πνεύματος, 1 Corinthians 2:14; τ. πνεύμα, 1 John 4:6; τ. ἀλήθειαν, John 8:32; of Christ's knowledge of the Father (ἐπιγ.), Matthew 11:27 (Dalman, Words, 282ff.). In Hellenistic writers [LXX for Heb. ידע, Galatians 4:1, al.], of sexual intercourse, to know carnally: Matthew 1:25, Luke 1:34 (Cremer, 153).

Synonyms: 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.)

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as γινώσκω:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

221 total
  1. John 14:17γινώσκει · knows [Him]; γινώσκετε · do know
    …the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.
  2. John 14:20γνώσεσθε · will know
    On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.
  3. John 14:31γνῷ · may know
    But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.
  4. John 15:18γινώσκετε · understand
    If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
  5. John 16:3ἔγνωσαν · they have not known
    They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.
  6. John 16:19Ἔγνω · Aware
    Aware that they wanted to question Him, Jesus said to them, “Are you asking one another why I said, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’?
  7. John 17:3γινώσκωσιν · they may know
    Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
  8. John 17:7ἔγνωκαν · they know
    Now they know that everything You have given Me comes from You.
  9. John 17:8ἔγνωσαν · They knew
    For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
  10. John 17:23γινώσκῃ · may know
    I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.
  11. John 17:25ἔγνω · known; ἔγνων · know; ἔγνωσαν · know
    Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
  12. John 19:4γνῶτε · let you know
    Once again Pilate came out and said to the Jews, “Look, I am bringing Him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against Him.”
  13. John 21:17γινώσκεις · know
    Jesus asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was deeply hurt that Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love Me?” “Lord, You know all things,” he replied. “You know I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.
  14. Acts 1:7γνῶναι · to know
    Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.
  15. Acts 2:36γινωσκέτω · know
    Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!”
  16. Acts 8:30γινώσκεις · Do you understand
    So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
  17. Acts 9:24ἐγνώσθη · learned of
    …but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
  18. Acts 17:13ἔγνωσαν · learned
    But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.
  19. Acts 17:19γνῶναι · know
    So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?
  20. Acts 17:20γνῶναι · to know
    For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”
  21. Acts 19:15γινώσκω · I know
    But one day the evil spirit responded, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”
  22. Acts 19:35γινώσκει · know
    Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?
  23. Acts 20:34γινώσκετε · know
    You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.
  24. Acts 21:24γνώσονται · will know
    Take these men, purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that there is no truth to these rumors about you, but that you also live in obedience to the law.
  25. Acts 21:34γνῶναι · get at
    Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, and some another. And since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks.
  26. Acts 21:37γινώσκεις · Do you speak
    As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.
  27. Acts 22:14γνῶναι · to know
    Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear His voice.
  28. Acts 22:30γνῶναι · to learn
    The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.
  29. Acts 23:6Γνοὺς · knowing
    Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
  30. Romans 1:21γνόντες · although they knew
    For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
  31. Romans 2:18γινώσκεις · know
    …if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;
  32. Romans 3:17ἔγνωσαν · they have not known
    …and the way of peace they have not known.”
  33. Romans 6:6γινώσκοντες · We know
    We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
  34. Romans 7:1γινώσκουσιν · to those who know
    Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?
  35. Romans 7:7ἔγνων · I would not have been mindful of
    What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
  36. Romans 7:15γινώσκω · I do not understand
    I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.
  37. Romans 10:19ἔγνω · understand
    I ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”
  38. Romans 11:34ἔγνω · has known
    “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
  39. 1 Corinthians 1:21ἔγνω · know
    For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
  40. 1 Corinthians 2:8ἔγνωκεν · understood; ἔγνωσαν · they had
    None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
  41. 1 Corinthians 2:11ἔγνωκεν · knows
    For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
  42. 1 Corinthians 2:14γνῶναι · understand [them]
    The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  43. 1 Corinthians 2:16ἔγνω · has known
    “For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
  44. 1 Corinthians 3:20γινώσκει · knows
    And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
  45. 1 Corinthians 4:19γνώσομαι · I will find out
    But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only what these arrogant people are saying, but what power they have.
  46. 1 Corinthians 8:2ἐγνωκέναι · he knows
    The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.