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Lexicon :: Strong's G1922 - epignōsis

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ἐπίγνωσις
Transliteration
epignōsis (Key)
Pronunciation
ep-ig'-no-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

ἐπίγνωσις epígnōsis, ep-ig'-no-sis; from G1921; recognition, i.e. (by implication) full discernment, acknowledgement:—(ac-)knowledge(-ing, - ment).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's G1922 in the following manner: knowledge (16x), acknowledging (3x), acknowledgement (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's G1922 in the following manner: knowledge (16x), acknowledging (3x), acknowledgement (1x).

  1. precise and correct knowledge

    1. used in the NT of the knowledge of things ethical and divine

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐπίγνωσις epígnōsis, ep-ig'-no-sis; from G1921; recognition, i.e. (by implication) full discernment, acknowledgement:—(ac-)knowledge(-ing, - ment).
STRONGS G1922:
ἐπίγνωσις, -εως, ἡ, (ἐπιγινώσκω, which see [cf. also Bp. Lightfoot on Colossians 1:9; Trench § 75 at the end]), precise and correct knowledge; used in the N. T. of the knowledge of things ethical and divine: absolute, Philippians 1:9; Colossians 3:10; κατ’ ἐπίγνωσιν, Romans 10:2; with the genitive of the thing known, Colossians 1:9; Colossians 2:2; Philemon 1:6; τῆς ἀληθείας, 1 Timothy 2:4; 2 Timothy 2:25; 2 Timothy 3:7; Titus 1:1; Hebrews 10:26; τῆς ἁμαρτίας, Romans 3:20; with the genitive of the person known; — of God, especially the knowledge of his holy will and of the blessings which he has bestowed and constantly bestows on men through Christ: Ephesians 1:17; Colossians 1:10; 2 Peter 1:2; of Christ, i. e. the true knowledge of Christ's nature, dignity, benefits: Ephesians 4:13; 2 Peter 1:8; 2 Peter 2:20; of God and Christ: 2 Peter 1:2; θεὸν ἔχειν ἐν ἐπιγνώσει i. e. to keep the knowledge of the one true God which has illumined the soul, Romans 1:28. (Polybius, Plutarch, Herodian, [others]; Sept. occasionally for דַּעַת; 2 Macc. 9:11.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Romans
1:28; 3:20; 10:2
Ephesians
1:17; 4:13
Philippians
1:9
Colossians
1:9; 1:9; 1:10; 2:2; 3:10
1 Timothy
2:4
2 Timothy
2:25; 3:7
Titus
1:1
Philemon
1:6
Hebrews
10:26
2 Peter
1:2; 1:2; 1:8; 2:20

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1922 matches the Greek ἐπίγνωσις (epignōsis),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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And because they did not think it worthwhile to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a corrupt mind so that they do what is not right.

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For no one will be justified[fn] in his sight by the works of the law, because the knowledge of sin comes through the law.

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I can testify about them that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

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I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father,[fn] would give you the Spirit[fn] of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.

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until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God’s Son, growing into maturity with a stature measured by Christ’s fullness.

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And I pray this: that your love will keep on growing in knowledge and every kind of discernment,

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For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,[fn]

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so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God,

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I want their hearts to be encouraged and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of complete understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery ​— ​Christ.[fn]

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and have put on the new self. You are being renewed in knowledge according to the image of your[fn] Creator.

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

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instructing his opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance leading them to the knowledge of the truth.

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always learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.

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Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for[fn] the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads[fn] to godliness,

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I pray that your participation in the faith may become effective through knowing every good thing that is in us[fn] for the glory of Christ.

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For if we deliberately go on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

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May grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

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His[fn] divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge of him who called us by[fn] his own glory and goodness.

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For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being useless or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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For if, having escaped the world’s impurity through the knowledge of the Lord[fn] and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in these things and defeated, the last state is worse for them than the first.

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