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ἀγνοέω

agnoéō · G50 · Greek · 22 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to not know, to be unaware of, to be ignorant of, ignorance

    To not have information about

    Examples

    Acts 17:23 “For while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.

    Romans 1:13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that often I have planned to come to you (and have been prevented so far) so that I may obtain some fruit among you also just as among the rest of the Gentiles.

    Romans 2:4 Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and restraint and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

  2. to pay no attention to, to ignore

    To refuse to think about or pay attention to

    Examples

    Acts 13:27 “For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, recognizing neither Him nor the declarations of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him.

    1 Corinthians 14:38 But if anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized.

  3. not to understand, to fail to understand

    To not understand, with the implication of a lack of capacity or ability

    Examples

    Mark 9:32 But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him.

    Luke 9:45 But they did not understand this statement, and it was concealed from them so that they would not comprehend it; and they were afraid to ask Him about this statement.

    1 Corinthians 10:1 For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our fathers were all under the cloud and they all passed through the sea;

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

21 occurrences in 8 groups

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

13 occurrences in 14 groups

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 3 groups

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

6 occurrences in 1 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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 3 entries
To not know, to be unaware of, to be ignorant of, ignorance28.13
This verb denotes simple lack of information, as in Acts 13:27's statement that the rulers in Jerusalem, not having known Him, fulfilled the words of the prophets by condemning Him.
To pay no attention to, to ignore30.38
The verb also denotes a willful disregard, as in 1 Corinthians 14:38's statement that if anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized.
Not to understand, to fail to understand32.7
The verb also denotes failing to grasp a statement's meaning, as in Mark 9:32's account of the disciples not understanding Jesus' statement and being afraid to ask Him.
Word family 25 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

νοῦς noûs · G3563 · mind, way of thinking, disposition · 24×μετανοέω metanoéō · G3340 · to repent, to change one’s way, repentance · 34×ἀγνοέωagnoéō · G50μετάνοια metánoia · G3341 · to repent, to change one’s way, repentance · 22×κατανοέω katanoéō · G2657 · to think about very carefully, to consider closely, to consider carefully · 14×νοέω noéō · G3539 · to perceive, to gain insight into, to understand · 14×διάνοια diánoia · G1271 · mind, way of thinking, disposition · 12×νουθετέω nouthetéō · G3560 · to instruct, to teach, instruction · 8×ἀνόητος anóētos · G453 · foolish, stupid, without understanding · 6×νόημα nóēma · G3540 · mind, thought, what is thought · 6×ἄγνοια ágnoia · G52 · to not know, to be unaware of, to be ignorant of · 4×νουθεσία nouthesía · G3559 · to instruct, to teach, instruction · 3×προνοέω pronoéō · G4306 · to give attention beforehand, to have in mind to do, foresight · 3×ὑπονοέω hyponoéō · G5282 · to imagine, to conjecture, to suspect · 3×ἄνοια ánoia · G454 · to lack understanding, absence of understanding, extreme fury · 2×ἔννοια énnoia · G1771 · way of thinking, disposition, manner of thought · 2×πρόνοια prónoia · G4307 · to give attention beforehand, to have in mind to do, foresight · 2×ἀγνόημα agnóēma · G51 · to sin through ignorance, to sin without knowing that one has sinned · 1×ἀμετανόητος ametanóētos · G279 · unrepentant, not turning to God, refusing to turn to God · 1×διανόημα dianóēma · G1270 · thought, what is thought, opinion · 1×ἐπίνοια epínoia · G1963 · intention, purpose · 1×εὐνοέω eunoéō · G2132 · to consider how to solve, to agree to, to agree with · 1×εὔνοια eúnoia · G2133 · zeal, eagerness, wholeheartedness · 1×νουνεχῶς nounechōs · G3562 · with understanding, wisely · 1×ὑπόνοια hypónoia · G5283 · to imagine, to conjecture, to suspect · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (ΓΝΟ (cf. γινώσκω)), (ῶ (imperative, ἀγνοείτω 1 Cor 14:38 R G Tr text WH marginal…
(ΓΝΟ (cf. γινώσκω)), (ῶ (imperative, ἀγνοείτω 1 Cor 14:38 R G Tr text WH marginal reading); imperfect ἠγνόουν; 1 aorist ἠγνόησα; (passive, present ἀγνοοῦμαι, participle ἀγνοούμενος; from Homer down);
a. to be ignorant, not to know: absolutely, 1 Tim 1:13; τινα, τί, Acts 13:27; Acts 17:23; Rom 10:3; ἐν τίνι (as in Test. Jos. § 14 Fabricii Pseudepigr. ii., p. 717 (but the reading ἠγνόουν ἐπί πᾶσι τούτοις is now given here; see Test. xii. Patr. ad fid. manuscript Cant. etc., Sinker edition, Cambr. 1869)), 2 Pet 2:12, unless one prefer to resolve the expression thus: ἐν τούτοις, ἅ ἀγνοοῦσι βλασφημοῦντες, Winers Grammar, 629 (584) (cf. Buttmann, 287 (246)); followed by ὅτι, Rom 2:4; Rom 6:3; Rom 7:1; 1 Cor 14:38 (where the antecedent clause ὅτι κτλ. is to be supplied again); οὐ θέλω ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν, a phrase often used by Paul (an emphatic)scitote: followed by an accusative of the object, Rom 11:25; ὑπέρ τίνος, ὅτι, 2 Cor 1:8; περί τίνος, 1 Cor 12:1; 1 Thess 4:13; followed by ὅτι, Rom 1:13; 1 Cor 10:1; in the passive ἀγνοεῖται 'he is not known' i. e. according to the context 'he is disregarded,' 1 Cor 14:38 L T Tr marginal reading WH text; ἀγνωύμενοι (opposed to ἐπιγινωσκόμενοι men unknown, obscure, 2 Cor 6:9; ἀγνοούμενος τινι unknown to one, Gal 1:22; οὐκ ἀγνοεῖν to know very well, τί, 2 Cor 2:11 (Wis. 12:10).
b. not to understand: τί, Mk 9:32; Lk 9:45.
c. to err, sin through mistake, spoken mildly of those who are not high-handed or willful transgressors (Sir. 5:15; 2 Macc. 11:31): Heb 5:2, on which see Delitzsch.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Know16 occurrencesTo Think, Thought3 occurrencesUnderstand4 occurrences

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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