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ἐπίγνωσις

MainId: 001938000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: ε

StrongCodes: G1922

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 001938001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: ἐπίγνωσις
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -εως
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'γινώσκω', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 001938001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 28.2
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Know
  LEXSubDomains: Know
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-06-18 18:15:22
    DefinitionShort: possessing more or less definite information about, possibly with a degree of thoroughness or competence
    Glosses: ['knowing about', 'knowing definitely about', 'knowledge about']
    Comments: It is also possible to render ἐπίγνωσις in {S:04500102800018} as ‘true knowledge.’ For another interpretation of ἐπίγνωσις as part of an idiom in {S:04500102800018}, see {D:31.28}.
  LEXReferences: ROM 1:28, EPH 1:17, EPH 4:13, COL 1:9, COL 1:10, COL 2:2, COL 3:10, 2TIM 2:25, TIT 1:1, PHM 1:6, HEB 10:26, 2PET 1:2, 2PET 1:3, 2PET 1:8, 2PET 2:20
2. LEXID: 001938001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 28.18
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Know
  LEXSubDomains: Known [the content of knowledge]
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-06-18 18:15:22
    DefinitionShort: the content of what is definitely known
    Glosses: ['what is known', 'definite knowledge', 'full knowledge', 'knowledge']
  LEXReferences: ROM 3:20, ROM 10:2, PHP 1:9, 2TIM 2:25, HEB 10:26
3. LEXID: 001938001003000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 27.4
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Learn
  LEXSubDomains: Learn
  LEXCollocations: εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἔρχομαι
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-06-18 18:15:22
    DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: to come into knowledge) to acquire information about something, with emphasis upon the process involved
    Glosses: ['to learn about', 'to find out', 'to come to know']
    Comments: 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 {D:32.17}).
  LEXReferences: 1TIM 2:4
4. LEXID: 001938001004000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 32.17
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Understand
  LEXSubDomains: Come To Understand
  LEXCollocations: εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἔρχομαι
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-06-18 18:15:22
    DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: to come into knowledge) to come to understand the meaning of something, with special emphasis upon the process
    Glosses: ['to come to understand', 'to come to know']
    Comments: One may also interpret εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἔρχομαι as meaning ‘to come to have knowledge of, to come to know’ (see {D:27.4}).
  LEXReferences: 2TIM 3:7