ἐπίγνωσις epignōsis

Greek word for “knowledge” · Strong’s G1922 · used 20 times in 20 verses

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Meaning

ἐπί-γνωσις, -εως, ἡ; (ἐπιγινώσκω, which see);

How it is translated

Glosses given for epignōsis in context, with how often each is used:

• knowledge 19
• acknowledgment 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Peter 1 (3), Colossians 1 (2), Romans 1 (1), Romans 3 (1), Romans 10 (1), Ephesians 1 (1), Ephesians 4 (1), Philippians 1 (1), Colossians 2 (1), Colossians 3 (1)

Forms

• ἐπίγνωσιν 10
• ἐπιγνώσει 7
• ἐπιγνώσεως 2
• ἐπίγνωσις 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with epignōsis more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀλήθεια alētheia “truth” 5
• σύνεσις sunesis “understanding” 2
• εὐσέβεια eusebeia “piety” 2
• πίστις pistis “faith” 3
• σοφία sophia “wisdom” 2
• προσεύχομαι proseuchomai “to pray” 2
• ἀγαθός agathos “good” 2
• κατά kata “according to” 3
• ἀγάπη agapē “love” 2
• δόξα doxa “glory” 2
• ἁμαρτία hamartia “sin” 2
• ἔργον ergon “work” 2

Key verses

The verses using epignōsis that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Romans 1:28 — And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
• Romans 3:20 — Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
• Romans 10:2 — For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
• Ephesians 1:17 — That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
• Philippians 1:9 — And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
• Colossians 1:9 — For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all…
• Colossians 1:10 — That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
• Colossians 2:2 — That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the…
• 2 Timothy 2:25 — In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
• Hebrews 10:26 — For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
• 2 Peter 1:3 — According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and…
• 2 Peter 2:20 — For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.