Acquainted with
γνωστός, γνώριμοςStrong’s G1110gnōstos, gnōrimos
Appears in 15 verses of the New Testament
In short
Gnōstos, gnōrimos is the Greek word usually translated “known”, “acquaintances” and “knew”. It appears in 15 verses of the New Testament.
“But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day’s journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.”
Meaning
Usually translated “known”, “acquaintances” and “knew”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- known 12
- acquaintances 1
- knew 1
- a noteworthy 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 10
- Luke 2
- John 2
- Romans 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 23:49And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.
- John 18:15And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest.
- John 18:16But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.
- Acts 1:19And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
- Acts 2:14But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
- Acts 4:10Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
Greek dictionary
γνωστός, γνώριμος gnōstos, gnōrimos · acquainted with
γνωστός, -ή, -όν, later form of γνωστός (γιγνώσκω), [in LXX for various parts of ידע ;] known: Act.9:42; with dative, Jhn.18:15, 16 (Rec.), Act.1:19 2:14 4:10 13:38 15:18 19:17 28:22, 28; γ. σημεῖον, a notable (EV) sign, one that is matter of knowledge, Act.4:16; γνωστὸν, Act.15:17, 18; τὸ γνωστὸν θεοῦ, Rom.1:19; in pl., as subst., γνωστοί, acquaintances, Luk.2:44 23:49; so in sing., Jhn.18:16 (WH).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “acquaintance” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ACQUAI'NTANCE, noun
- Familiar knowledge; a state of being acquainted, or of having intimate or more than slight or superficial knowledge; as, I know the man, but have no acquaintance with him.
- A person or persons well known; usually persons we have been accustomed to see and converse with; sometimes, persons more slightly known.“Lover and friend has thou put far from me and mine acquaintance into darkness” Psalms 88:18“My acquaintance are estranged from me” Job 19:13
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.