γνώστης
gnṓstēs · G1109 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἔθοςcustom 1
- ζήτημαdispute 1
- Ἰουδαῖοςa Jew, Jewish 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- σύyou 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- ἐπιστήμων epistḗmōn · G1990 · intelligent, insightful, understanding
- Greek adjective/substantive meaning 'one who understands, expert, skilled person' – overlaps semantically with γνώστης as both denote someone possessing knowledge or expertise
- σοφός sophós · G4680 · skillful, expert, prudent
- Adjective/substantive meaning 'wise (one)' – overlaps with γνώστης in designating someone possessing knowledge, though σοφός emphasizes wisdom while γνώστης emphasizes knowing
Contrasting words 1 word
- ἰδιώτης idiṓtēs · G2399 · layman, ordinary person, amateur
- Substantive meaning 'unskilled person, layman, one without special knowledge' – contrasts with γνώστης as expert/knower
Semantic domains 1 entry
- One who knows, expert28.11
- Used of a person with specialized familiarity, as of Paul addressing Agrippa as an expert in all Jewish customs and questions in Acts 26:3.
Word family 25 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon γνωστου, ὁ (a knower), an expert; a connoisseur: Acts 26:3. (Plutarch, Flam c. 4; Θεός ὁ…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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