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ἀγνόημαStrong’s G0051

agnoēma

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Agnoēma is the Greek word usually translated “sins of ignorance”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:”
Hebrews 9:7 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “sins of ignorance”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • sins of ignorance 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Hebrews 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    ἀγνόημα agnoēma · error

    ἀγνόημα, -τός, τό (ἀγνοέω), [in LXX: Gen.43:12 (מִשְׁגֶּה), Tob.3:3, Jdth.5:20, Sir.23:2 51:19, 1Ma.13:39 * ;] a sin of ignorance (so in π.; see MM, VGT, see word): Heb.9:7.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “error” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    ER'ROR, noun

    [Latin error from erro, to wander.]

    A wandering or deviation from the truth; a mistake in judgment, by which men assent to or believe what is not true. error may be voluntary, or involuntary. Voluntary, when men neglect or pervert the proper means to inform the mind; involuntary, when the means of judging correctly are not in their power. An error committed through carelessness or haste is a blunder.

    1. A mistake made in writing or other performance.
    2. A wandering; excursion; irregular course.
    3. Deviation from law, justice or right; oversight; mistake in conduct.
    4. In scripture and theology, sin; iniquity; transgression.“Who can understand his errors? Cleanse thou me from secret faults” Psalms 19:12
    All definitions and other forms of “error”
    1. In law, a mistake in pleading or in judgment.

    ER'ROR, verb transitive

    To determine a judgment of court to be erroneous.

      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.