UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: ἐπίγνωσις; -εως

Sense 1: knowing about, knowing definitely about, knowledge about

Semantic entry: 28.2

Semantic domains: Know

Subdomains: Know

Definition: possessing more or less definite information about, possibly with a degree of thoroughness or competence

Notes: It is also possible to render ἐπίγνωσις in RV ROM 1:28 · LV ROM 1:28 · Read together ROM 1:28 as ‘true knowledge.’ For another interpretation of ἐπίγνωσις as part of an idiom in RV ROM 1:28 · LV ROM 1:28 · Read together ROM 1:28, see 31.28: ἔχω.

ROM 1:28: RV ROM 1:28 · LV ROM 1:28 · Read together ROM 1:28

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28 They didn’t want to know about God, and so he reluctantly let their depraved minds be filled with unhelpful thoughts,

OET-LV ROM 1:28

28 And as not they _approved the god to _be _having in knowledge, gave _over them the god to an_unqualified mind, to _be _doing the things not befitting,

EPH 1:17: RV EPH 1:17 · LV EPH 1:17 · Read together EPH 1:17

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17 asking the God of our master Yeshua the messiah to give you spiritual wisdom and to reveal the knowledge about him.

OET-LV EPH 1:17

17 in _order _that the god of _the master of _us, Yaʸsous chosen _one /messiah, the father of_ the _glory, might _give to _you _all the_spirit of _wisdom and revelation, in the_knowledge of _him,

All 15 recorded passages for this sense

ROM: RV ROM 1:28 · LV ROM 1:28 · Read together ROM 1:28

EPH: RV EPH 1:17 · RV EPH 4:13 · LV EPH 1:17 · LV EPH 4:13 · Read together EPH 1:17 · Read together EPH 4:13

COL: RV COL 1:9–10 · RV COL 2:2 · RV COL 3:10 · LV COL 1:9–10 · LV COL 2:2 · LV COL 3:10 · Read together COL 1:9–10 · Read together COL 2:2 · Read together COL 3:10

TI2: RV TI2 2:25 · LV TI2 2:25 · Read together TI2 2:25

TIT: RV TIT 1:1 · LV TIT 1:1 · Read together TIT 1:1

PHM: RV PHM 1:6 · LV PHM 1:6 · Read together PHM 1:6

HEB: RV HEB 10:26 · LV HEB 10:26 · Read together HEB 10:26

PE2: RV PE2 1:2–3 · RV PE2 1:8 · RV PE2 2:20 · LV PE2 1:2–3 · LV PE2 1:8 · LV PE2 2:20 · Read together PE2 1:2–3 · Read together PE2 1:8 · Read together PE2 2:20

Sense 2: what is known, definite knowledge, full knowledge, knowledge

Semantic entry: 28.18

Semantic domains: Know

Subdomains: Known [the content of knowledge]

Definition: the content of what is definitely known

ROM 3:20: RV ROM 3:20 · LV ROM 3:20 · Read together ROM 3:20

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20 No human will be declared guiltless in front of God by their keeping the law, because it’s the law that teaches what sin is.

OET-LV ROM 3:20

20 Because by works of _law, not will _be _being _justified any flesh before him, because/for through the_law is the_knowledge of _sin.

ROM 10:2: RV ROM 10:2 · LV ROM 10:2 · Read together ROM 10:2

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2 I keep telling them that they’re very zealous for God, yet they lack know-how.

OET-LV ROM 10:2

2 For/Because I _am _testifying to _them that zeal for_god they _are _having, but not according _to knowledge.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

ROM: RV ROM 3:20 · RV ROM 10:2 · LV ROM 3:20 · LV ROM 10:2 · Read together ROM 3:20 · Read together ROM 10:2

PHP: RV PHP 1:9 · LV PHP 1:9 · Read together PHP 1:9

TI2: RV TI2 2:25 · LV TI2 2:25 · Read together TI2 2:25

HEB: RV HEB 10:26 · LV HEB 10:26 · Read together HEB 10:26

Sense 3: to learn about, to find out, to come to know

Semantic entry: 27.4

Semantic domains: Learn

Subdomains: Learn

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to come into knowledge) to acquire information about something, with emphasis upon the process involved

Notes: It is also possible to treat the phrase εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἔρχομαι as meaning ‘to come to know’ in the sense of ‘to come to understand’ (see 32.17: εἰς / 32.17: ἐπίγνωσις).

Collocations: εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἔρχομαι

TI1 2:4: RV TI1 2:4 · LV TI1 2:4 · Read together TI1 2:4

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4 who wants everyone to be saved and to know the truth.

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