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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, ἡ, (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.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:77 - to give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:52 - Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were going in."

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:20 - an educator of the senseless, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the essential features of knowledge and of the truth -

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:33 - Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how fathomless his ways!

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:14 - But I myself am fully convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:5 - For you were made rich in every way in him, in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge -

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:1 - With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that "we all have knowledge." Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:7 - But this knowledge is not shared by all. And some, by being accustomed to idols in former times, eat this food as an idol sacrifice, and their conscience, because it is weak, is defiled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:10 - For if someone weak sees you who possess knowledge dining in an idol's temple, will not his conscience be "strengthened" to eat food offered to idols?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:11 - So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:8 - For one person is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, and another the message of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:2 - And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:8 - Love never ends. But if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be set aside.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:6 - Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I help you unless I speak to you with a revelation or with knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:14 - But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and who makes known through us the fragrance that consists of the knowledge of him in every place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:6 - For God, who said "Let light shine out of darkness," is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:6 - by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by benevolence, by the Holy Spirit, by genuine love,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:7 - But as you excel in everything - in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness and in the love from us that is in you - make sure that you excel in this act of kindness too.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:5 - and every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:6 - And even if I am unskilled in speaking, yet I am certainly not so in knowledge. Indeed, we have made this plain to you in everything in every way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:19 - and thus to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:8 - More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things - indeed, I regard them as dung! - that I may gain Christ,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:3 - in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:20 - O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and absurdities of so-called "knowledge."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:7 - Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:5 - For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:6 - to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:18 - But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the honor both now and on that eternal day.
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