Be ignorant
ἀγνοέωStrong’s G0050agnoeō
Appears in 21 verses of the New Testament
In short
Agnoeō is the Greek word usually translated “ignorant”, “were not understanding” and “not knowing”. It appears in 21 verses of the New Testament.
“Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.”
Meaning
Usually translated “ignorant”, “were not understanding” and “not knowing”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- to be ignorant 6
- they were not understanding 2
- not knowing 2
- being ignorant 2
- not having known 1
- are you unaware 1
- are you ignorant 1
- being ignorant of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 6
- 1 Corinthians 3
- 2 Corinthians 3
- Acts 2
- Mark 1
- Luke 1
11 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Peter 2:12In contextBut these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
- Mark 9:32But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
- Luke 9:45But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.
- Acts 13:27For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
- Acts 17:23For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
- Romans 1:13Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
Greek dictionary
ἀγνοέω agnoeō · be ignorant
ἀγνοέω, -ῶ (> ἁγνίζω), [in LXX for שָׁגָה, שָׁגַג, אָשַׁם, etc. ;] 1. to be ignorant, not to know: absol., Ι Ti 1:13, Heb.5:2; with accusative, Act.13:27 17:23, Rom.10:3, 2Co.2:11; ἐν οἷς, 2Pe.2:12; before ὅτι, Rom.2:4 6:3 7:1, 1Co.14:38; οὐ θέλω ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν, a Pauline phrase: with accusative, Rom.11:25; before ὑπέρ, 2Co.1:8; περί, 1Co.12:1, 1Th.4:13. ὅτι, Rom.1:13, 1Co.10:1 (for similar usage in π., V. MM, VGT, see word). Pass.: 1Co.14:38, 2Co.6:9, Gal.1:22. 2. not to understand: with accusative, Mrk.9:32, Luk.9:45. † (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ignorant” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
IG'NORANT, adjective
[Latin ignorans.]
Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed; untaught; unenlightened. A man may be ignorant of the law, or of any art or science. He may be ignorant of his own rights, or of the rights of others.
- Unknown; undiscovered; a poetical use; as ignorant concealment.
- Unacquainted with.
- Unskillfully made or done. [Not legitimate.]
All definitions and other forms of “ignorant”
IG'NORANT, noun
A person untaught or uninformed; one unlettered or unskilled.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.