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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Knee.

2. (v. i.) To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty.

3. (v. i.) To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information.

4. (v. i.) To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the rules of an organization.

5. (v. i.) To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as, to know a person's face or figure.

6. (v. i.) To have sexual commerce with.

7. (v. i.) To have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; -- often with of.

8. (v. i.) To be assured; to feel confident.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

KNOW; KNOWLEDGE

no, nol'-ej (in Hebrew chiefly yadha`, noun da`ath; in Greek ginosko, oida' "to know fully," epiginosko, noun gnosis epignosis): Knowledge strictly is the apprehension by the mind of some fact or truth in accordance with its real nature; in a personal relation the intellectual act is necessarily conjoined with the element of affection and will (choice, love, favor, or, conversely, repugnance, dislike, etc.). Knowledge is distinguished from "opinion" by its greater certainty. The mind is constituted with the capacity for knowledge, and the desire to possess and increase it. The character of knowledge varies with its object. The senses give knowledge of outward appearances; the intellect connects and reasons about these appearances, and arrives at general laws or truths; moral truth is apprehended through the power inherently possessed by men of distinguishing right and wrong in the light of moral principles; spiritual qualities require for their apprehension spiritual sympathy ("They are spiritually judged," 1 Corinthians 2:14). The highest knowledge possible to man is the knowledge of God, and while there is that in God's infinity which transcends man's power of comprehension (Job 11:7, 9), God is knowable in the measure in which He has revealed Himself in creation (Romans 1:19, 20, "that which is known of God," etc.), and supremely in Jesus Christ, who alone perfectly knows the Father, and reveals Him to man (Matthew 11:27). This knowledge of God in Jesus Christ is "life eternal" (John 17:3). Knowledge is affirmed of both God and man, but with the wide contrast that God's knowledge is absolute, unerring, complete, intuitive, embracing all things, past, present, and future, and searching the inmost thoughts of the heart (Psalm 139:1, 23); whereas man's is partial, imperfect, relative, gradually acquired, and largely mixed with error ("Now we see in a mirror darkly.... in part," 1 Corinthians 13:12). All these points about knowledge are amply brought out in the Scripture usage of the terms. A large part of the usage necessarily relates to natural knowledge (sometimes with a carnal connotation, as Genesis 4:1, 17), but the greatest stress also is laid on the possession of moral and spiritual knowledge (e.g. Psalm 119:66 Proverbs 1:4, 7, 22, 29; Proverbs 8:10, etc.; Luke 1:77 Romans 15:14 2 Peter 1:5, 6). The highest knowledge, as said, is the knowledge of God and Christ, and of God's will (Hosea 6:6 Romans 11:33 Ephesians 1:17; Ephesians 4:13 Philippians 1:9; Philippians 3:8 Colossians 1:9, 10, etc.). The moral conditions of spiritual knowledge are continually insisted on ("If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God," John 7:17). On the. other hand, the pride of intellectual knowledge is condemned; it must be joined with love ("Knowledge puffeth up, 1 Corinthians 8:1). The stronger term epignosis is used to denote the full and more perfect knowledge which is possessed in Christ, the conditions of which are humility and love. Of knowledge as connoting favor, choice, on the part of God, there are many examples (Psalm 1:6, Yahweh knoweth the way of the righteous"; Galatians 4:9, "know God, or rather to be known by God"; compare Romans 8:29, "whom he fore-knew").ectual knowledge as the Divine omnipotence is different from muscular strength. Consequently, the passage of this knowledge into a human intellect is impossible, and the problem of the incarnation should be stated: What effect did Divine omniscience in the person have on the conscious intellect of the manhood? There is so little help from the past to be gained in answering this question, that it must remain open at present-if, indeed, it is ever capable of a full answer. But that ignorance in the intellect of the manhood is fully consistent with omniscience in the person seems to be not merely a safe answer to the question as stated, but an inevitable answer if the true humanity of Christ is to be maintained at all.

See FOREKNOWLEDGE.

James Orr

Greek

1921. epiginosko -- to know exactly, to recognize
... to know exactly, to recognize. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: epiginosko
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ig-in-oce'-ko) Short Definition: I come to know, discern ...
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1097. ginosko -- to come to know, recognize, perceive
... to come to know, recognize, perceive. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ginosko
Phonetic Spelling: (ghin-oce'-ko) Short Definition: I come to know, learn ...
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314. anaginosko -- to know certainly, know again, read
... to know certainly, know again, read. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: anaginosko
Phonetic Spelling: (an-ag-in-oce'-ko) Short Definition: I read Definition ...
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1987. epistamai -- to know, to understand
... to know, to understand. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: epistamai Phonetic
Spelling: (ep-is'-tam-ahee) Short Definition: I know, understand Definition: I ...
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50. agnoeo -- to be ignorant, not to know
... to be ignorant, not to know. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: agnoeo Phonetic
Spelling: (ag-no-eh'-o) Short Definition: I do not know, am ignorant of ...
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4267. proginosko -- to know beforehand
... to know beforehand. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: proginosko Phonetic Spelling:
(prog-in-oce'-ko) Short Definition: I know beforehand Definition: I know ...
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1107. gnorizo -- to come to know, to make known
... to come to know, to make known. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: gnorizo Phonetic
Spelling: (gno-rid'-zo) Short Definition: I make known, declare, know ...
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3609a. oida -- to have seen or perceived, hence to know
... 3609, 3609a. oida. 3609b . to have seen or perceived, hence to know.
Transliteration: oida Short Definition: know. Word Origin perf. ...
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2467 -- know.
know. Phonetic Spelling: (is'-ay-mee) Short Definition: know. know. Assumed by some
as the base of certain irregular forms of epikaluma; to know -- know. ...
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3609. oikeios -- to have seen or perceived, hence to know
... to have seen or perceived, hence to know. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration:
oikeios Phonetic Spelling: (oy-ki'-os) Short Definition: of one's family ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3045. yada -- to know
... 3044, 3045. yada. 3046 . to know. Transliteration: yada Phonetic Spelling:
(yaw-dah') Short Definition: know. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3046. yeda -- to know
... 3045, 3046. yeda. 3047 . to know. Transliteration: yeda Phonetic Spelling:
(yed-ah') Short Definition: known. ... certify, know, make known, teach. ...
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1847. daath -- knowledge
... Word Origin from yada Definition knowledge NASB Word Usage concern (1), know (3),
knowledge (81), premeditation (2), skill (1), truth (1), unintentionally* (2 ...
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5234. nakar -- to regard, recognize
... 3), acknowledges (1), discern (1), distinguish (1), distinguishes (1), examine
(1), examine and see (1), examined (1), familiar (1), know (2), knows (1 ...
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854. eth -- with (denoting proximity)
... along (2), among (7), before (3), beside (2), besides (2), concerning (1), doing*
(1), has (2), have (1), help* (1), how* (6), including (1), know (1), near (2 ...
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5046. nagad -- to be conspicuous
... 1), disclosed (1), display (1), explain (3), fully reported (1), give evidence
(1), indeed tell (1), inform (3), informed (1), informs (2), know (1), known (1 ...
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3321. yetsab -- to make certain, gain certainty
... Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding to yatsab Definition to make certain, gain
certainty NASB Word Usage exact meaning (1), know the exact meaning (1). truth. ...
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995. bin -- to discern
... ie(generally) understand -- attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern,
eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to ...
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Library

How I Know God Answers Prayer
How I Know God Answers Prayer. <. How I Know God Answers Prayer
Rosalind Goforth. Produced by Free Elf, Emmy and the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/goforth/how i know god answers prayer/

How to Know the Will of God
... HOW TO KNOW THE WILL OF GOD. "If any man will do His will, he shall know
of the doctrine, whether it be of God.""John 7:17. THERE ...
//christianbookshelf.org/drummond/the ideal life/how to know the will.htm

As to Know the Father and the Son is Life...
... Book II. Chapter III. As to know the Father and the Son is life� As to
know the Father and the Son is life, so is it life to know ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter iii as to know.htm

What it is to Know God, --Tendency of this Knowledge.
... OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOR CHAPTER 2. WHAT IT IS TO KNOW GOD,"TENDENCY
OF THIS KNOWLEDGE. WHAT IT IS TO KNOW GOD,"TENDENCY OF THIS KNOWLEDGE. ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 2 what it is.htm

I Know Thy Works
... XXX I Know thy Works. To the angel of the church in Ephesus"in Thyatira"in
Sardis"in Philadelphia"in Laodicea write: I know thy works.' [2] "Rev.2-3 ...
//christianbookshelf.org/murray/working for god/xxx i know thy works.htm

Whether Angels Know the Future?
... OF THE ANGEL'S KNOWLEDGE OF MATERIAL THINGS (FIVE ARTICLES) Whether angels know
the future? Objection 1: It would seem that the angels know future events. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether angels know the future.htm

Do You Know Him?
... Do You Know Him? A Sermon (No.552). ... Rev. CH SPURGEON,. At the Metropolitan
Tabernacle, Newington. "That I may know him.""Philippians 3:10. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 10 1864/do you know him.htm

January 5. "I Know Him that He Will do the Law" (Gen. xviii. 19).
... JANUARY 5. "I know him that he will do the law" (Gen. xviii. 19). "I know
him that he will do the law" (Genesis 18:19). God wants ...
/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /january 5 i know him.htm

Of the Desire to Know the Bridegroom in his Nature
... THE ADORNMENT OF THE SPIRITUAL MARRIAGE: THE FIRST BOOK CHAPTER XXVI. OF
THE DESIRE TO KNOW THE BRIDEGROOM IN HIS NATURE. A Man who ...
/.../john/the adornment of the spritual marriage/chapter xxvi of the desire.htm

Whether a Man Can Know that He Has Grace
... Article Five Whether a Man can know that He has Grace. Whether a Man can know that
He has Grace ... 1. It seems that a man can know that he has grace. ...
/.../aquinas/nature and grace/article five whether a man 2.htm

Thesaurus

Know (8133 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Knee. 2. (vi) To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand;
to have full information of; as, to know one's duty. ...
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Assuredly (31 Occurrences)
... Acts 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made
the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. ...
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Applied (22 Occurrences)
... (WEB JPS ASV DBY RSV). Ecclesiastes 1:17 I applied my heart to know wisdom, and
to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind. ...
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Sinful (61 Occurrences)
... (DBY YLT). John 9:24 They called therefore a second time the man who had been blind,
and said to him, Give glory to God: we know that this man is sinful. (DBY). ...
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Aware (44 Occurrences)
... (WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS). Acts 23:5 Paul said, "I didn't know, brothers, that he
was high priest. ... 1 Corinthians 4:4 For I know nothing against myself. ...
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Sayest (66 Occurrences)
... Matthew 26:70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. ...
Luke 22:60 And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. ...
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Sufferings (27 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Sufferings (27 Occurrences). Acts 9:16 For I will let
him know the great sufferings which he must pass through for My sake." (WEY). ...
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Simply (27 Occurrences)
... 4:42 and they said to the woman, "We no longer believe in Him simply because of
your statements; for we have now heard for ourselves, and we know that this man ...
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Knowledge
... 6. (vi) Sexual intercourse; -- usually preceded by carnal; as, carnal knowledge.
7. (vt) To acknowledge. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. KNOW; KNOWLEDGE. ...
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Appears (38 Occurrences)
... (DBY). John 7:27 However we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ
comes, no one will know where he comes from." (See RSV). ...
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Bible Concordance

Know (8133 Occurrences)

Know appears 8133 times in 12 translations.

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