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To know

ἴσημιStrong’s G2467

isēmi

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

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Isēmi is the Greek word usually translated “know”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;”
Acts 26:4 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • know 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    ἴσημι isēmi · to know

    - to know, see, understand Occurs as Perfect with Present meaning

    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.