epistamai (to know/understand)

Meaning

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

How it's translated

know 4
knowing 4
you know 2
understand 1
i am acquainted with 1
understands 1
they understand 1

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

Where it's used most

Acts 9
Mark 1
1 Timothy 1
Hebrews 1
James 1
Jude 1

6 books in all.

Explore in Scripture

Jude 1:10In contextBut these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
Mark 14:68But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.
Acts 10:28And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
Acts 15:7And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
Acts 18:25This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
Acts 19:15And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?

All 14 verses, by book

Mark 1: 14:68
Acts 9: 10:28 15:7 18:25 19:15 19:25 20:18 22:19 24:10 26:26
1 Timothy 1: 6:4
Hebrews 1: 11:8
James 1: 4:14
Jude 1: 1:10

Greek dictionary

ἐπίσταμαι epistamai · to know/understand

ἐπίσταμαι (prob. an old mid, of ἐφίστημι, which see), [in LXX chiefly for יָדַע ;] to know, know of, understand: with accusative of person(s), Act.19:15; with ptcp., Act.24:10; with accusative of thing(s), Mrk.14:68, Act.18:25, 1Ti.6:4, Jas.4:14, Ju 10; before περί, Act.26:26; ὅτι, Act.15:7 19:25 22:19; ὡς, Act.10:28; πῶς, Act.20:18; ποῦ, Heb.11:8.† SYN: γινώσκω (which see), οἶδα (AS)

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.]

To perceive with certainty; to understand clearly; to have a clear and certain perception of truth, fact, or any thing that actually exists.
To be informed of; to be taught.
To distinguish; as, to know one man from another.
To recognize by recollection, remembrance, representation or description.

All definitions and other forms of “know”

To be no stranger to; to be familiar.
In scripture, to have sexual commerce with. Genesis 4:9
To approve.“The Lord knoweth the way of the righteous” Psalms 1:6
To learn. Proverbs 1:2
To acknowledge with due respect. 1 Thessalonians 5:2
To choose; to favor or take an interest in. Amos 3:10
To commit; to have.
To have full assurance of; to have satisfactory evidence of any thing, though short of certainty.

KNOW, verb intransitive

no.

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
To be informed.
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.