Greek noun (feminine) · G1922
ἐπίγνωσις
epignosisep-ig'-no-sis
knowledge
20 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: epígnōsis
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1922is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1922
recognition, i.e. (by implication) full discernment, acknowledgement
The King James renders it: (ac-)knowledge(-ing, - ment).
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
epignosis is rendered "knowledge". It stands 20 times in the Greek text, across ten books.
- Four of the uses stand in Colossians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 1:28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
Romans 1:28ἐπιγνώσει
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in ten of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- knowledge17
- a knowledge2
- acknowledgment1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπιγινώσκω | epiginosko | to come to know | Uses44 |
| ἐπίγειος | epigeios | earthly | Uses7 |
| ἐπιγραφή | epigraphe | inscription | Uses5 |
| ἐπιγράφω | epigrapho | to write on | Uses5 |
| ἐπιγίνομαι | epiginomai | to arise/spring up | Uses1 |
| ἐπιγαμβρεύω | epigambreuo | to marry | Uses1 |
All 20, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 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
- ἐπίγνωσιν9
- ἐπιγνώσει7
- ἐπιγνώσεως2
- ἐπίγνωσιν.¶1
- ἐπίγνωσις1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular10N-ASF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular7N-DSF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2N-GSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1N-NSF
Romans
three uses
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
- ἐπιγνώσειepignoseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: knowledge
Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
- ἐπίγνωσιςepignosisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: knowledge
For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
- ἐπίγνωσινepignosinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: knowledge
Ephesians
two uses
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
- ἐπιγνώσειepignoseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: knowledge
until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.
- ἐπιγνώσεωςepignoseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: knowledge
Philippians
one use
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
- ἐπιγνώσειepignoseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: knowledge
Colossians
four uses
For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
- ἐπίγνωσινepignosinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: knowledge
so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
- ἐπιγνώσειepignoseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: knowledge
that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
- ἐπίγνωσινepignosinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: knowledge
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
- ἐπίγνωσινepignosinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: knowledge
1 Timothy
one use
who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
- ἐπίγνωσινepignosinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: knowledge
2 Timothy
two uses
He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.
- ἐπίγνωσινepignosinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a knowledge
who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.
- ἐπίγνωσινepignosinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a knowledge
Titus
one use
Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,
- ἐπίγνωσινepignosinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: knowledge
Philemon
one use
I pray that your partnership in the faith may become effective as you fully acknowledge every good thing that is ours in Christ.
- ἐπιγνώσειepignoseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: acknowledgment
Hebrews
one use
If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
- ἐπίγνωσινepignosinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: knowledge
2 Peter
four uses
Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
- ἐπιγνώσειepignoseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: knowledge
His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
- ἐπιγνώσεωςepignoseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: knowledge
For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- ἐπίγνωσιν.¶epignosinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: knowledge
If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
- ἐπιγνώσειepignoseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: knowledge
Where it leads
Studies that open this word1
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.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.