γνῶσις G1108
Knowledge (cognitive understanding / spiritual insight)
Senses
1. Knowledge (cognitive understanding / spiritual insight) — The faculty or content of knowing, encompassing both intellectual understanding and experiential spiritual insight, particularly knowledge of God, of Christ, or of divine truth. The two clusters (26x and 3x) are case-inflected forms of the same noun with identical translations: Spanish 'conocimiento,' Hindi 'ज्ञान' (jnana — knowledge/wisdom), Arabic 'مَعرِفة/المَعرِفة' (knowledge, with and without the definite article), Korean '지식' (knowledge), Swahili 'maarifa' (knowledge/insight). Paul uses gnosis extensively in epistolary discourse: the knowledge of God (2 Cor 10:5), the surpassing knowledge of Christ (Phil 3:8), knowledge that puffs up (1 Cor 8:1), the word of knowledge as a spiritual gift (1 Cor 12:8). All 29 occurrences belong to a single semantic concept with no evidence of polysemy. 29×
AR["المَعرِفَةِ","المَعْرِفَةُ","المَعْرِفَةِ","الْمَعْرِفَةِ","مَعرِفَةً","مَعرِفَةٌ","مَعرِفَةٍ","مَعرِفَةِ","مَعرِفَتِهِ","مَعْرِفَةٌ","مَعْرِفَةٍ","مَعْرِفَةَ","مَعْرِفَةِ","مَعْرِفَتِ"]·ben["জ্ঞান","জ্ঞান,","জ্ঞান;","জ্ঞানে","জ্ঞানে,","জ্ঞানের","বুদ্ধির"]·DE["Erkenntnis","γνώσεως","γνῶσιν"]·EN["in-knowledge","knowledge","of-knowledge"]·FR["connaissance"]·heb["דַּעַת","מָשִׁיחַ"]·HI["ग्यअन","ज्ञान","ज्ञान-के","ज्ञान-में"]·ID["pengenalan","pengetahuan","pengetahuan,","pengetahuan;"]·IT["conoscenza","gnoseos","gnosin"]·jav["kawruh","kawruh,","kawruh;","pangertosan","pangertosan,"]·KO["지식","지식-을","지식에","지식은","지식을","지식의","지식이","지식이라면"]·PT["conhecimento","conhecimento,","conhecimento;","de-conhecimento","em-conhecimento"]·RU["-ведения","Знание","знание","знание;","знании","знании,","знания","познание","познанием","познании","познания"]·ES["conocimiento","de-conocimiento","en-conocimiento"]·SW["maarifa","maarifa,","maarifa;","ujuzi"]·TR["bazıları","bilgi","bilgide","bilginin","bilgisini","bilgisinin","bilgiyi-","herkeste","içinde-","o-"]·urd["علم","علم-کی","علم-کے","پہچان-کے"]
Luke 1:77, Luke 11:52, Rom 2:20, Rom 11:33, Rom 15:14, 1 Cor 1:5, 1 Cor 8:1, 1 Cor 8:1, 1 Cor 8:7, 1 Cor 8:10, 1 Cor 8:11, 1 Cor 12:8 (+17 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
γνῶσις, εως, ἡ, seeking to know, inquiry, investigation, especially judicial, τὰς τῶν δικαστηρίων γ. Refs 4th c.BC+ __2 result of investigation, decision, Refs 3rd c.BC+ __II knowing, knowledge, Refs 1st c.AD+; opposed to ἀγνωσίη, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to ἄγνοια, LXX+5th c.BC+ __II.b higher, esoteric knowledge, NT __II.2 acquaintance with a person, πρός τινα Test. cited in Refs 4th c.BC+ __II.3…