πρόγνωσις
prógnōsis · G4268 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to know beforehand, to know already, to have foreknowledge
To know about something prior to some temporal reference point, for example, to know about an event before it happens
ExamplesActs 2:23 this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death.
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foreknowledge, what is known beforehand
(Derivative of προγινώσκω ‘to know beforehand,’) That which is known ahead of time or before a particular temporal reference
Examples1 Peter 1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
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
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- θεόςGod 2
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- κατάaccording to, against, down 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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Semantic domains 2 entries
- Foreknowledge, what is known beforehand28.20
- The noun names the content of what is known in advance. Peter's address at Pentecost uses this term: “this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death” (Acts 2:23).
- To know beforehand, to know already, to have foreknowledge28.6
- The same noun, in a theological context, names God's advance choice of a people, closely paired with predestination. Peter's greeting to the elect exiles uses this term: “according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you” (1 Peter 1:2).
Word family 25 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon προγνωσεως, ἡ (προγινώσκω); 1. foreknowledge: Judith 9:6 Judith 11:19 (Plutarch, Lucian,…
1. foreknowledge: Judith 9:6 Judith 11:19 (Plutarch, Lucian, Herodian).
2. forethought, prearrangement (see προβλέπω): 1 Pet 1:2; Acts 2:23 (but cf. προγινώσκω, and see Meyer on Acts, the passage cited).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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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