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Greek verb · G1107

γνωρίζω

gnorizogno-rid'-zo

as most commonly in cl.; to make known

24 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: gnōrízō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1107is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 11 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 16
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G1107

to make known; subjectively, to know

The King James renders it: certify, declare, make known, give to understand, do to wit, wot.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

gnorizo is rendered "as most commonly in cl.; to make known". It stands 24 times in the Greek text, across eleven books.

  • Six of the uses stand in Ephesians, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "as most commonly in cl.".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 2:15When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
  • The Greek text spells it sixteen different ways.

The first use

When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”

Luke 2:15ἐγνώρισεν

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Six of the word's twenty-four uses are in Ephesians.

The other 16 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: as most commonly in cl., and to make known.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
as most commonly in cl.to come to know, discover, knowTagged as
  • will make known3
  • having made known1
  • He made known1
  • He may make known1
  • I know1
  • I made known1
  • may be made known1
  • should be made known1

and 4 more, 14 uses in all

WherePhilippians 1:22But if I go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me…
to make knownwith accusative, Rom.9:22, 23; with accusative of thing(s) da.t. of person(s), Luk.2:15, Jhn.15:15 17:26, Act.2:28" (LXX), 1Co.15:1,...Tagged as
  • I make known3
  • to make known3
  • has made known1
  • I have made known1
  • We make known1
  • You have made known1
WhereLuke 2:15When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another…

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

All 24, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

16 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • γνωρίζω4
  • γνωρίσαι3
  • γνωρίσει2
  • ἐγνώρισα2
  • ἐγνωρίσθη2
  • γνωριζέσθω1
  • Γνωρίζομεν1
  • γνωρίσας1
  • γνωρίσῃ1
  • γνωρισθῇ1
  • γνωρίσουσιν1
  • γνωρίσω1

and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · present active, indicative · 1st person singular4V-PAI-1S
  • verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)3V-AAN
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular2V-AAI-1S
  • verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-API-3S
  • verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-FAI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person plural1V-AAI-1P
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singular1V-AAI-2S
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-AAP-NSM
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-AAS-3S
  • verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-APS-3S

Luke

two uses
  • When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”

    Luke 2:15

    • ἐγνώρισενegnorisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has made known
  • After they had seen the Child, they spread the message they had received about Him.

    Luke 2:17

    • ἐγνώρισανegnorisanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they made known

John

three uses
  • No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.

    John 15:15

    • ἐγνώρισαegnorisaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have made known
  • And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”

    John 17:26

    • ἐγνώρισαegnorisaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I made known
    • γνωρίσωgnorisoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: will make known

Acts

one use
  • You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’

    Acts 2:28

    • ἐγνώρισάςegnorisasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: You have made known

Romans

two uses
  • What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?

    Romans 9:22

    • γνωρίσαιgnorisaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to make known
  • What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—

    Romans 9:23

    • γνωρίσῃgnoriseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: He may make known

1 Corinthians

two uses
  • Therefore I inform you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

    1 Corinthians 12:3

    • γνωρίζωgnorizoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I make known
  • Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, and in which you stand firm.

    1 Corinthians 15:1

    • Γνωρίζωgnorizoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I make known

2 Corinthians

one use
  • Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.

    2 Corinthians 8:1

    • Γνωρίζομενgnorizomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: We make known

Galatians

one use
  • For I certify to you, brothers, that the gospel I preached was not devised by man.

    Galatians 1:11

    • Γνωρίζωgnorizoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I make known

Ephesians

six uses
  • And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ

    Ephesians 1:9

    • γνωρίσαςgnorisasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having made known
  • that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.

    Ephesians 3:3

    • ἐγνωρίσθηegnoristheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He made known
  • which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.

    Ephesians 3:5

    • ἐγνωρίσθηegnoristheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was made known
  • His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,

    Ephesians 3:10

    • γνωρισθῇgnoristheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may be made known
  • Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will boldly make known the mystery of the gospel,

    Ephesians 6:19

    • γνωρίσαιgnorisaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to make known
  • Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will tell you everything, so that you also may know about me and what I am doing.

    Ephesians 6:21

    • γνωρίσειgnoriseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will make known

Philippians

two uses
  • But if I go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. So what shall I choose? I do not know.

    Philippians 1:22

    • γνωρίζωgnorizoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I know
  • Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

    Philippians 4:6

    • γνωριζέσθωgnorizesthoverb · present passive, command · 3rd person singulartagged: should be made known

Colossians

three uses
  • To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

    Colossians 1:27

    • γνωρίσαιgnorisaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to make known
  • Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a beloved brother, a faithful minister, and a fellow servant in the Lord.

    Colossians 4:7

    • γνωρίσειgnoriseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will make known
  • With him I am sending Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will tell you about everything here.

    Colossians 4:9

    • γνωρίσουσινgnorisousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will make known

2 Peter

one use
  • For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

    2 Peter 1:16

    • ἐγνωρίσαμενegnorisamenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we have made known

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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