Gnōsis γνῶσις

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Gnōsis
γνῶσις
Transliterationgnōsis
Strong's numberG1108
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glossknowledge
Occurrences29 in 28 verses
Most frequent in1 Corinthians (9)

Gnōsis (Greek γνῶσις, Strong's G1108) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “knowledge”. It occurs 29 times in 28 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

γνῶσις, -εως, ἡ
(γιγνώσκω), [in LXX chiefly for דַּעַת ;]
1. a seeking to know, inquiry, investigation.
2. knowledge, in NT, specially of the kn. of spiritual truth: absol., Luk.11:52, Rom.2:20 15:14, 1Co.1:5 (Lft., Notes, 147) 8:1, 7, 10, 11, 13:2, 8 14:6, 2Co.6:6 8:7 11:6, Eph.3:19, Col.2:3, 1Pe.3:7, 2Pe.1:5, 6; with genitive obj., σωτηρίας, Luk.1:77; τ. δόξης τ. θεοῦ, 2Co.4:6; τ. θεοῦ, 2Co.2:14 10:5; Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ, Php.3:8 (see Deiss., LAE, 383.8), 2Pe.3:18; with genitive subjc., θεοῦ, Rom.11:33; λόγος γνώσεως, 1Co.12:8; ψευδωνύμου γνώσεως, 1Ti.6:20.
† SYN.: σοφία, φρόνησις (cf. ἐπί-γνωσις and see Lft. on Col.2:3; Cremer, 156). (AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVknowledge (26), knowledge knowledge (1), science (1)
BSBknowledge (25), are well informed (1), knowing (1), consideration (1)

Verses

Every verse with Gnōsis, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Luke

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Ephesians

Philippians

Colossians

1 Timothy

1 Peter

2 Peter

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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