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Lexicon :: Strong's G1108 - gnōsis

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γνῶσις
Transliteration
gnōsis (Key)
Pronunciation
gno'-sis
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:689,119

Trench's Synonyms: lxxv. σοφία, φρόνησις, γνῶσις, ἐπίγνωσις.

Strong’s Definitions

γνῶσις gnōsis, gno'-sis; from G1097; knowing (the act), i.e. (by implication) knowledge:—knowledge, science.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's G1108 in the following manner: knowledge (28x), science (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's G1108 in the following manner: knowledge (28x), science (1x).
  1. knowledge signifies in general intelligence, understanding

    1. the general knowledge of Christian religion

    2. the deeper more perfect and enlarged knowledge of this religion, such as belongs to the more advanced

    3. esp. of things lawful and unlawful for Christians

    4. moral wisdom, such as is seen in right living

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γνῶσις gnōsis, gno'-sis; from G1097; knowing (the act), i.e. (by implication) knowledge:—knowledge, science.
STRONGS G1108:
γνῶσις, -εως, , (γινώσκω), [from Thucydides down], knowledge: with the genitive of the object, σωτηρίας, Luke 1:77; τοῦ θεοῦ, the knowledge of God, such as is offered in the gospel, 2 Corinthians 2:14, especially in Paul's exposition of it, 2 Corinthians 10:5; τῆς δόξης τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν προσώπῳ Χριστοῦ, 2 Corinthians 4:6; Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, of Christ as a saviour, Philippians 3:8; 2 Peter 3:18; with subjunctive genitive τοῦ θεοῦ, the knowledge of things which belongs to God, Romans 11:33. γνῶσις, by itself, signifies in general intelligence, understanding: Ephesians 3:19; the general knowledge of the Christian religion, Romans 15:14; 1 Corinthians 1:5; the deeper, more perfect and enlarged knowledge of this religion, such as belongs to the more advanced, 1 Corinthians 12:8; 1 Corinthians 13:2, 8; 1 Corinthians 14:6; 2 Corinthians 6:6; 2 Corinthians 8:7; 2 Corinthians 11:6; especially of things lawful and unlawful for Christians, 1 Corinthians 8:1, 7, 10f; the higher knowledge of Christian and divine things which false teachers boast of, ψευδώνυμος γνῶσις, 1 Timothy 6:20 [cf. Holtzmann, Pastoralbriefe, p. 132f]; moral wisdom, such as is seen in right living, 2 Peter 1:5; and in contact with others: κατὰ γνῶσιν, wisely, 1 Peter 3:7. objective knowledge: what is known concerning divine things and human duties, Romans 2:20; Colossians 2:3; concerning salvation through Christ, Luke 11:52. Where γνῶσις and σοφία are used together the former seems to be knowledge regarded by itself, the latter wisdom as exhibited in action: Romans 11:33; 1 Corinthians 12:8; Colossians 2:3.
["γν. is simply intuitive, σοφ. is ratiocinative also; γν. applies chiefly to the apprehension of truths, σοφ. superadds the power of reasoning about them and tracing their relations." Bp. Lightfoot on Colossians, the passage cited. To much the same effect Fritzsche (on Romans, the passage cited), "γν. perspicientia veri, σοφ. sapientia aut mentis sollertia, quæ cognita intellectaque veritate utatur, ut res efficiendas efficiat." Meyer (on 1 Corinthians, the passage cited) nearly reverses Lightfoot's distinction; elsewhere, however (e. g. on Colossians, the passage cited, cf. 9), he and others regard σοφ. merely as the more general, γν. as the more restricted and special term. Cf. Lightfoot as above; Trench, § lxxv.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
1:77; 11:52
Romans
2:20; 11:33; 11:33; 15:14
1 Corinthians
1:5; 8:1; 8:7; 8:10; 12:8; 12:8; 13:2; 13:8; 14:6
2 Corinthians
2:14; 4:6; 6:6; 8:7; 10:5; 11:6
Ephesians
3:19
Philippians
3:8
Colossians
2:3; 2:3
1 Timothy
6:20
1 Peter
3:7
2 Peter
1:5; 3:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1108 matches the Greek γνῶσις (gnōsis),
which occurs 29 times in 28 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:77 -

to give his people knowledge of salvation

through the forgiveness of their sins.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:52 -

“Woe to you experts in the law! You have taken away the key to knowledge. You didn’t go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were trying to go in.”

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:20 -

an instructor of the ignorant, a teacher of the immature, having the embodiment of knowledge and truth in the law ​— ​

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:33 -

Oh, the depth of the riches

and the wisdom and the knowledge of God!

How unsearchable his judgments

and untraceable his ways!

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:14 -

My brothers and sisters, I myself am convinced about you that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:5 -

that you were enriched in him in every way, in all speech and all knowledge.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:1 -

Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that “we all have knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:7 -

However, not everyone has this knowledge. Some have been so used to idolatry up until now that when they eat food sacrificed to an idol, their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:10 -

For if someone sees you, the one who has knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, won’t his weak conscience be encouraged[fn] to eat food offered to idols?

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:11 -

So the weak person, the brother or sister for whom Christ died, is ruined[fn] by your knowledge.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:8 -

to one is given a message of wisdom through the Spirit, to another, a message of knowledge by the same Spirit,

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:2 -

If I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:8 -

Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:6 -

So now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I speak to you with a revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:14 -

But thanks be to God, who always leads us in Christ’s triumphal procession and through us spreads the aroma of the knowledge of him in every place.

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:6 -

For God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God’s glory in the face of Jesus Christ.

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:6 -

by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love,

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:7 -

Now as you excel in everything ​— ​in faith, speech, knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love for us[fn] ​— ​excel also in this act of grace.

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:5 -

and every proud thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ.

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:6 -

Even if I am untrained in public speaking, I am certainly not untrained in knowledge. Indeed, we have in every way made that clear to you in everything.

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:19 -

and to know Christ’s love that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:8 -

More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them as dung, so that I may gain Christ

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:3 -

In him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:20 -

Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding irreverent and empty speech and contradictions from what is falsely called knowledge.

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:7 -

Husbands, in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker partner, showing them honor as coheirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:5 -

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge,

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:6 -

knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness,

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:18 -

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity.[fn]

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