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To know

γινώσκωStrong’s G1097

ginōskō

Appears in 206 verses of the New Testament

In short

Ginōskō is the Greek word usually translated “having known”, “know” and “knew”. It appears in 206 verses of the New Testament.

“Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.”
2 Peter 1:20 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “having known”, “know” and “knew”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • having known 18
  • to know 15
  • you know 11
  • know 11
  • knew 11
  • knows 9
  • do know 8
  • knowing 8

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

Where it's used most
  • John 49
  • Luke 28
  • 1 John 21
  • Matthew 20
  • Acts 16
  • Mark 13

20 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 206 verses, by book
Galatians 3
2:93:74:9
Ephesians 3
3:195:56:22
Philippians 5
1:122:192:223:104:5
Colossians 1
4:8
1 Thessalonians 1
3:5
2 Timothy 3
1:182:193:1
2 Peter 2
1:203:3
2 John 1
1:1
Revelation 4
2:232:243:33:9
Greek dictionary

γινώσκω ginōskō · to know

γινώσκω (= γιγν-: see previous word. So also vulgar Attic, in Inscr., see Thumb, MGV, 207), [in LXX chiefly for ידע ;] to be taking in knowledge, come to know, recognize, perceive, understand; in past tenses to know, realize; pass., to become known: with accusative, Mat.22:18, Mrk.5:43, Col.4:8, 1Th.3:5, al. Pass., Mat.10:26, Php.4:5, al.; before ὅτι, Mat.21:45, Jhn.4:1, al.; τί, Mat.6:3; ἀπό, Mrk.15:45; ὅ, Rom.7:15; τ. λεγόμενα, Luk.18:34; τ. θέλημα, Luk.12:47; τ. καρδίας, Luk.16:15; with accusative of person(s), of recognition by God, 1Co.8:3, Gal.4:9; by Christ, neg., Mat.7:23; frequently …

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

KNOW, verb transitive

no. preterit tense knew; participle passive known. [Latin nosco, cognosco, Gr. although much varied in orthography. Nosco makes novi, which, with g or c prefixed, gnovi or cnovi, would coincide with know knew. So Latin cresco, crevi, coincides with grow, grew. The radical sense of knowing is generally to take, receive, or hold.]

  1. To perceive with certainty; to understand clearly; to have a clear and certain perception of truth, fact, or any thing that actually exists.
  2. To be informed of; to be taught.
  3. To distinguish; as, to know one man from another.
  4. To recognize by recollection, remembrance, representation or description.
All definitions and other forms of “know”
  1. To be no stranger to; to be familiar.
  2. In scripture, to have sexual commerce with. Genesis 4:9
  3. To approve.“The Lord knoweth the way of the righteous” Psalms 1:6
  4. To learn. Proverbs 1:2
  5. To acknowledge with due respect. 1 Thessalonians 5:2
  6. To choose; to favor or take an interest in. Amos 3:10
  7. To commit; to have.
  8. To have full assurance of; to have satisfactory evidence of any thing, though short of certainty.

KNOW, verb intransitive

no.

  1. To have clear and certain perception; not to be doubtful; sometimes with of.“If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself” John 7:17
  2. To be informed.
  3. To take cognizance of; to examine.

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.