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To know

οἶδαStrong’s G6063

oida

Appears in 263 verses of the New Testament

In short

Oida is the Greek word usually translated “know”, “knowing” and “we know”. It appears in 263 verses of the New Testament.

“In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:”
2 Thessalonians 1:8 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • you know 58
  • knowing 49
  • i know 46
  • we know 34
  • know 29
  • knows 19
  • to know 11
  • know you 6

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

Where it's used most
  • John 57
  • 1 Corinthians 24
  • Matthew 21
  • Luke 20
  • Mark 18
  • Romans 15

26 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 263 verses, by book
Galatians 3
2:164:84:13
Philippians 4
1:191:254:124:15
Colossians 4
2:13:244:14:6
2 Thessalonians 3
1:82:63:7
1 Timothy 4
1:81:93:53:15
Titus 2
1:163:11
Philemon 1
1:21
Hebrews 2
10:3012:17
1 Peter 3
1:183:95:9
2 Peter 3
1:121:142:9
3 John 1
1:12
Jude 2
1:51:10
Greek dictionary

οἶδα oida · to know

1. to know , εὖ οἶδα I know well; εὖ ἴσθι be assured : often with accusative rei, νοήματα οἶδε, μήδεα οἶδε he is versed in counsels, (Homer); with neut. Adjs., πεπνυμένα, φίλα, ἀθεμίστια εἰδώς (Homer); also with genitive, τόξων εὖ εἰδώς cunning in the use of the bow; οἰωνῶν σάφα εἰδώς (Odyssey by Homer): —; χάριν εἰδέναι τινί to acknowledge a debt to another, thank him , (Iliad by Homer), etc.:—;the Imperat. in protestations, ἴστω Ζεὺς αὐτός be Zeus my witness , (Iliad by Homer); doric ἴττω Ζεύς, ἴττω (Aristophanes Comicus): —; εἰδώς absolute one who knows , εἰδυίηι πάντ᾽ ἀγορεύω (Iliad by Hom …

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.