γνῶθι

δοκέω Il.7.192, [dialect] Att. [tense] impf. ἐδόκουν, [dialect] Ep.

A

δοκέεσκον AP5.298

(Agath.): —[voice] Med.,

δοκέοντο Opp.C.4.296

: part. δοκεύμενος ib. 109: the [tense] fut. and other tenses are twofold:

1 [tense] fut. δόξω and [tense] aor. 1 ἔδοξα Pi.N.4.37, h.Merc. 208, etc.: [tense] pf. δέδοχα inferred from [tense] plpf.

ἐδεδόχεσαν D.C.44.26

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] aor.

ἐδόχθην Plb.21.10.8

, etc., ([etym.] κατ-) Antipho 2.2.2: [tense] pf.

δέδογμαι Hdt.8.100

, etc.: [tense] plpf.

ἐδέδοκτο Id.9.74

.

2 regul. forms (chiefly Trag., Com., and late Prose), [tense] fut.

δοκήσω A.Pr. 388

, Ar.Nu. 562, etc. (once in Hdt., 4.74); [dialect] Dor. δοκησῶ or

- ᾱσῶ Theoc.1.150

: [tense] aor. ἐδόκησα, [dialect] Ep.

δόκ- Od.10.415

, Pi.O.13.56, A.Th. 1041, Ar.Ra. 1485, etc.: [tense] pf.

δεδόκηκα A.Eu. 309

(lyr.):— [voice] Pass., [tense] aor.

ἐδοκήθην E.Med. 1417

(anap.): [tense] pf.

δεδόκημαι Pi.N.5.19

, E.Med. 763 (anap.), Ar.V. 726, also in Hdt.7.16.γ; but δεδοκημένος (q. v.) belongs to δέχομαι.

I expect (Iterat. of δέκομαι, cf.

δέχομαι 11.3

): hence, think, suppose, imagine, (opp. φρονέω, S.Aj. 942 (lyr.), Pherecr.146.4):

1 c. acc. et inf.,

δοκέω νικησέμεν Ἕκτορα Il.7.192

;

οὔ σε δοκέω πείθεσθαι Hdt.1.8

, cf. 11,27, al., Antipho 2.4.5, etc.: rarely with inf. omitted, δοκῶ.. οὐδὲν ῥῆμα.. κακὸν [εἶναι] S.El.61; τούτους τι δοκεῖτε [εἶναι] X. An.5.7.26; freq. in relating a dream or vision, τεκεῖν δράκοντ' ἔδοξεν she thought a serpent produced young, A.Ch. 527; ἐδόκουν αἰετὸν.. φέρειν methought an eagle was carrying, Ar.V.15;

ὁρᾷς γὰρ οὐδὲν ὧν δοκεῖς σάφ' εἰδέναι E.Or. 259

: with inf. only, ἔδοξ' ἰδεῖν methought I saw, ib. 408;

ἔδοξ' ἀκοῦσαι Pl.Prt. 315e

;

ἔδοξ' ἐν ὕπνῳ.. οἰκεῖν ἐν Ἄργει E.IT44

(sts. also, as in signf. 11,

ἐδοξάτην μοι δύο γυναῖκε.. μολεῖν A. Pers. 181

;

ἐν τῷ σταδίῳ.. μέ τις ἐδόκει στεφανοῦν Alex.272.4

).

b think to do, purpose,

ὅταν δ' ἀείδειν.. δοκῶ A.Ag.16

.

2 abs., have or form an opinion,

περί τινος Hdt.9.65

; mostly in parenthetic phrases,

ὡς δοκῶ Pl.Phdr. 264e

; δοκῶ alone, Hdt.9.65, Ar. Pax47, Pl.Prm. 126b; πῶς δοκεῖς; to call attention to something remarked,

τοῦτον, πῶς δοκεῖς; καθύβρισεν E.Hipp. 446

, cf. Hec. 1160, Diph.96, etc.;

πόσον δοκεῖς; Ar.Ec. 399

.

3 δοκῶ μοι I seem to myself, methinks, c. inf.,

ἐγώ μοι δοκέω κατανοέειν τοῦτο Hdt.2.93

, etc.;

ἡδέως ἄν μοι δοκῶ κοινωνῆσαί τινος X.Cyr.8.7.25

, cf. Oec.6.11; οὔ μοι δοκῶ I think not.., Pl.Tht. 158e; δοκῶ μοι parenthetic, Id.Thg. 121d.

b δοκῶ μοι I am determined, resolved, c. inf. [tense] pres., Ar.V. 177, etc.: c. inf. [tense] fut., Aeschin.3.53, etc.: c. inf. [tense] aor., dub. in Ar.Av. 671, etc.: rarely without μοι, think fit,

σὺ δ' αὐτὸς ἤδη γνῶθι τίνα πέμπειν δοκεῖς A.Th. 650

.

4 seem, pretend, c. inf. (with or without neg.), ὁρέων μὲν οὐδέν, δοκέων δὲ [ὁρᾶν] dub. l. in Alcm.87;

οὔτε ἔδοξε μαθέειν Hdt.1.10

;

οὐδὲ γιγνώσκειν δοκῶν Pherecr.163

;

τὰ μὲν ποιεῖν, τὰ δὲ δοκεῖν Arist.Pol. 1314a39

;

ἤκουσά του λέγοντος, οὐ δοκῶν κλύειν E.Med.67

;

πόσους δοκεῖς.. ὁρῶντας.. μὴ δοκεῖν ὁρᾶν; Id.Hipp. 462

, cf. Ar.Eq. 1146, X.HG4.5.6.

5 [voice] Pass., to be considered,

δοκεῖσθαι οὕτω Pl.R. 612d

; τὰ νῦν δοκούμενα περί τινος the current opinions, ib. 490a.

6 [voice] Med., Opp.C.4.296; δοκεύμενος.. ἀλύξειν ib. 109.

II of an Object, seem, c. dat. pers. et inf. [tense] pres.,

δοκέεις δέ μοι οὐκ ἀπινύσσειν Od.5.342

; δόκησε δ' ἄρα σφίσι θυμὸς ὣς ἔμεν ὡς εἰ .. their heart seemed just as if.., felt as though.., 10.415: c. inf. [tense] fut., seem likely,

δοκέει δέ μοι ὧδε λώϊον ἔσσεσθαι Il.6.338

: c. inf. [tense] aor. (never in Hom.), τί δ' ἂν δοκεῖ σοι Πρίαμος (sc. ποιῆσαι); A.Ag. 935; seem or be thought to have done, esp. of suspected persons, Th.2.21; to be convicted,

ἂν ἁλῷ καὶ δοκῇ τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι D.23.71

.

2 abs., seem, as opp. to reality,

τὸ δοκεῖν καὶ τὰν ἀλάθειαν βιᾶται Simon.76

;

οὐ δοκεῖν ἄριστος ἀλλ' εἶναι θέλει A.Th. 592

, cf. Pl.Grg. 527b; in full,

τὸ δοκεῖν εἶναι A.Ag. 788

(anap.).

3 seem good, be resolved on, εἰ δοκεῖ σοι ταῦτα ib. 944;

τοιαῦτ' ἔδοξε τῷδε Καδμείων τέλει Id.Th. 1030

.

4 freq. impers., δοκεῖ μοι it seems to me, methinks,

ὥς μοι δοκεῖ εἶναι ἄριστα Il.12.215

; ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ as I think, A.Th. 369, etc.; τὸ σοὶ δοκοῦν your opinion, Pl.R. 487d: freq. in inf. in parenth. clause, ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκέειν to my thinking, Hdt.9.113;

δοκέειν ἐμοί Id.1.172

;

ἀλλ', ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν, τάχ' εἴσει A.Pers. 246

, etc.; without μοι, X.An.4.5.1.

b it seems good to me, it is my pleasure,

δοκεῖ ἡμῖν χρῆσθαι Th.4.118

, cf. A.Ag. 1350: freq. of a public resolution,

τοῖσι Ἕλλησι δόξαι.. ἀπαιτέειν Hdt.1.3

, etc.;

ἔδοξεν Ἀργείοισιν A.Supp. 605

, cf. Th. 1010; esp. in decrees and the like , ἔδοξε τῇ βουλῇ, τῷ δήμῳ, Ar.Th. 372, Th.4.118, cf. IG1.32, etc.;

τὰ δόξαντα S.El.29

, D.3.14;

παρὰ τὸ δοκοῦν ἡμῖν Th.1.84

, etc.:—[voice] Pass.,

δέδοκται Hdt.4.68

;

οὕτω δέδοκται; S.Ph. 1277

, etc.;

εἰ ἐπαινῆσαι δεδόκηται Pi.N.5.19

;

δεδόχθω τὸ ἄτοπον τοῦτο Pl.Lg. 799e

, etc.;

τοῦτ' ἐστ' ἐμοὶ δεδογμένον E.Heracl.1

;

δεδογμέν' [ἐστί].. τήνδε κατθανεῖν S.Ant. 576

, cf. OC 1431;

τὰ δεδογμένα Hdt.3.76

;

δεδόχθαι τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ IG22.1.12

, etc. c. acc. abs., δόξαν when it was decreed or resolved,

δόξαν αὐτοῖς ὥστε διαναυμαχεῖν Th.8.79

; δόξαν δέ σφι (sc. λιπέσθαι) Hdt.2.148;

δόξαν ἡμῖν ταῦτα Pl.Prt. 314c

, cf. X.An.4.1.13; ἰδίᾳ δοκῆσάν σοι τόδ' .. ; E. Supp. 129; also

δεδογμένον αὐτοῖς Th.1.125

, etc.; but also

δόξαντος τούτου X.HG1.1.36

; δόξαντα ταῦτα καὶ περανθέντα ib.3.2.19.

5 to be reputed, c. inf., Pi.O.13.56, P.6.40;

ἄξιοι ὑμῖν δοκοῦντες Th.1.76

; δοκοῦντες εἶναί τι men who are held to be something, men of repute, Pl. Grg. 472a;

τὸ δοκεῖν τινὲς εἶναι.. προσειληφότες D.21.213

;

τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδόκει τις εἶναι περιττός Plu.Arist.1

;

οἱ δοκοῦντες Heraclit.28

(dub.), E.Hec. 295; τὰ δοκοῦντα, opp. τὰ μηδὲν ὄντα, Id.Tr. 613;

μετ' ἀρετῆς δοκούσης ἐς ἀλλήλους γίγνεσθαι Th.3.10

; to be an established, current opinion, Arist.APo. 76b24, al.;

τὰ δοκοῦντα Id.Metaph. 1088a16

, al.:— [voice] Pass., οἱ δεδογμένοι ἀνδροφόνοι those who have been found guilty of homicide, D.23.28; also

αἱ δοκούμεναι Πέρσαις τέχναι Polem.Call.60

. (The two senses of δοκέω are sts. contrasted, τὰ ἀεὶ δοκοῦντα.. τῷ δοκοῦντι εἶναι ἀληθῆ that which seems true is true to him who thinks it, Pl.Tht. 158e; τὸ δοκοῦν ἑκάστῳ τοῦτο καὶ εἶναι τῷ δοκοῦντι ib. 162c.)

εὔογκ-ος, ον,

A of good size, bulky, massive, Hp. Art.23;

κοιλίη Id.Prog.11

; οὐδ' ἄγαν εὔ. E.Fr.688.3;

εὔ. εἶναι γαστρὶ μὴ πληρουμένῃ Trag.Adesp.546.5

; εὔ. φωνή a full, rich voice, opp. ψιλή, Philoch.66: [comp] Comp., -

ότεραι ἀπὸ τῶν ἰσχίων Sor. 2.53

: metaph., weighty, important, opp. εὐτελής, Arist.Rh. 1408a12: [comp] Comp., Phld.Po. 2.38.

II of moderate or convenient bulk, compact, Aen. Tact.29.6 ([comp] Comp.), 31.23 ([comp] Sup.), Arist.Mete. 380a5 ([comp] Comp.), GA 766b20, Mnesith. ap.Ath.7.357f, etc.; portable, Thphr.HP9.16.8;

τὰ εὔ. τῶν ἀναθημάτων Plu.2.969e

; στρατόπεδον of manageable size, Polyaen.5.16.1: metaph., τῆς λέξεως τὸ εὔ. compact, concise, of γνῶθι σεαυτόν, Plu.2.511b. Adv. - κως, διάγειν preserve a moderate embonpoint, Diocl.Fr.141.

παραχαρ-άσσω, [dialect] Att. [suff] παραχαρ-άττω,

A re-stamp, i.e. re-value the currency, metaph., Diog.Cyn. ap. D.L.6.20,71, Str. Chr.12.23, Jul. Or.7.211b,c, Suid. s. v.γνῶθι σαυτόν; δεῖ κἀμὲ νόμισμα παρακόψαι καὶ π. τὸ βαρβαρικὸν Ἑλληνικῇ πολιτείᾳ Alexander Magn. ap. Plu.2.332c ; π. τὰ εἰς τὴν δίαιταν set up a new standard of life, Luc.Demon.5.

II esp. debase the currency,

οἱ -οντες τὸ νόμισμα, κἂν μέρος λυμήνωνται, τὸ σύμπαν διεφθαρκέναι δοκοῦσιν D.Chr.31.24

:—[voice] Pass., Harp.s.v. παράσημος ῥήτωρ.

2 metaph., τὰ καθωσιωμένα παρακόπτειν καὶ π., of sabbath-breakers, Ph.2.298, cf. 562, al., Luc.Am.22 ;

π. τὴν πάτριον. ὑπόθεσιν Dam.Pr. 113

.

b ὀνόματα κεκαινοτομημένα καὶ -κεχαραγμένα re-minted, i.e. used with new meanings, Aristid.Rh. 1p.508S., cf. Gal.7.834.

πρόσρημα, ατος, τό,

A address, greeting, Pl.Chrm. 164e; τὸ Δελφικὸν π. (sc. γνῶθι σεαυτόν) D.Chr.67.3; ἑωθινὸν π. τὸ χαῖρε" D.C.69.18.

II name, designation, Pl.Phdr. 238b, D.23.30, etc.; τὰ τῶν Μοιρῶν π. Pl.Lg. 960c.

συνείρω, [dialect] Aeol. [tense] aor. part. fem. συνέρραις ([etym.] α) dub. in Sapph.78:—

A string together, Ar.Av. 1079;

ᾠδαῖς τε καὶ ὀρχήσεσιν ἀλλήλοις Pl.Lg. 654a

; σ. [ὀνόματα] connect them with their roots, Id.Cra. 425b; σ. ἐπανελθόντες ἐπὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν μέχρι τῆς τελευτῆς τὸν λόγον trace its connexion, Id.Plt. 267a; σ. [τοὺς κύνας] ἀπό τινος lead them on connectedly from a point, X.Cyn.6.21;

σ. στεφάνους Aristid.1.143J.

; ὄρπακας ἀνήτοιο (- τω codd.) Sapph. l.c.:—[voice] Pass., συνείρεται τὸ ἐφεξῆς is closely connected, follows of itself, Arist.GA 741b9, cf. GC 336b33; συνειρομένη πραγματεία a connected system, Id.Metaph. 986a7.

II in speaking, freq. in a disparaging sense,

σ. λόγους ἀπνευστεί D.18.308

;

συνείρουσι μὲν τοὺς λόγους, ἴσασι δ' οὔπω Arist.EN 1147a21

, cf.Phld.Rh.1.247 S.; ὑπὸ τὴν ἀναπνοὴν ἑπτὰ καὶ πέντε στίχους ς., in a breath, Plb.10. 47.9;

σ. λήρους Luc.Tim.9

, cf. Nigr.8, Bacch.7; also simply of a continuous speech,

σ. καθ' ἓν ἕκαστον Isoc.15.184

;

σ. τὰς ἑξῆς πράξεις D.S.16.76

;

τὴν κατηγορίαν Luc.Pisc.22

;

τὸ γνῶθι σαυτὸν πολλάκις Id.DMort.2.2

.

2 seemingly intr. (sc. λόγους), discourse,

περὶ τῆς κλοπῆς Id.Prom.5

; connect one's reasoning, continue the subject, Arist.Top. 158a37, Metaph. 995a10, 1093b27;

σ. εἰς τὸ πρόσω Id.Div. Somn.464b4

;

ἀπὸ τῶν εἰρημένων Id.GA 716a4

: and then, more generally, continue, c. part., συνεῖρον ἀπιόντες, i.e. they went off without pausing, X.Cyr.7.5.6; σ. κινούμενος continue moving, Arist.Ph. 262a16, cf. Diocl.Fr.142: abs., to be continuous or connected, Arist.SE 175a30, Mete. 362b29, GC 318a13, al., Epicur.Ep.3p.64U.

αὔριον adv. (Hom. et al.; ins, pap, LXX; PsSol 5:13; ParJer 6:15; Joseph.; Ath. 12, 2) orig. in ref. to the day following today, then of a brief period of time.

① next day Ac 23:15 v.l., 20; 25:22; σήμερον ἢ αὔ. Js 4:13. W. art., w. ἡμέρα to be supplied (as Soph., Trach. 945; Diod S 19, 32, 2 ἡ αὔ.; PFlor 118, 5 μετὰ τὴν αὔ.; PTebt 417, 7 al.; Ex 8:19; 32:30; 1 Km 11:11 al.; Jos., Ant. 17, 91) ἡ αὔ. Mt 6:34b; Js 4:14 (Simonides, Fgm. 6 Diehl² [521, 1 Page] as ἄνθρωπος you do not know what the αὔριον will be; εἰς τὴν αὔ. Ariston of Ceos [III B.C.], Fgm. 24 [ed. Wehrli ’52]; BGU 511 I, 18; Esth 5:12; 3 Macc 5:38; Jos., Ant. 3, 231) Mt 6:34a (Epict. 1, 9, 19 discourages care περὶ τῆς αὔ., πόθεν φάγητε; Artem. 4, 84 περὶ τῆς αὔ. φοβεῖσθαι ἢ ἐλπίζειν.—The opposite of Mt 6:34 among the Pythagoreans: Philosoph. Max. 504, 1: διδάσκει ἀεί τι τοῦ παρόντος εἰς τὸ μέλλον καταλιπεῖν, καὶ τῆς αὔ. ἐν τῇ σήμερον μνημονεύειν=[the saying ἐπὶ χοίνικος μὴ καθίζειν, not to sit on a food container] ‘instructs us always to leave someth. for the future, and to be mindful of the morrow in the present’; a line of thought related to the Delphic maxim γνῶθι σαυτόν); Ac 4:3; Hs 6, 5, 3; εἰς αὔ. ἦν τὰ θηριομαχία AcPl Ha 2, 36; μέχρι τῆς αὔ. Hs 9, 11, 7; ἐπὶ τὴν αὔ. on the next day Lk 10:35; Ac 4:5 (B-D-F §233, 3); ἐπὶ τὴν αὔ. ἡμέραν 4:5 v.l. (ἡ αὔ. ἡμέρα as PCairZen 78, 8). In metaph. σήμ. … αὔ. now … soon Mt 6:30; Lk 12:28. Cp. 13:32f (on σήμ. καὶ αὐ. καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ vs. 32 cp. Ex 19:10f and τρίτος 1a). These three last pass. may also be classed in 2.

② a brief time lapse without ref. to a nocturnal period, soon, in a short time 1 Cor 15:32 (Is 22:13; Ath. 12, 2). Perh. also Mt 6:30; Lk 12:28. Cp. 13:32f (s. 1 end).—B. 999. DELG. M-M.

γινώσκω (in the form γιγνώσκω [s. below] since Homer; γιν. in Attic ins in Meisterhans³-Schw. index, from 325 B.C.; in pap fr. 277 B.C. [Mayser 165]; likew. LXX, pseudepigr., Philo, Joseph., apolog.) impf. ἐγίνωσκον; fut. γνώσομαι; 2 aor. ἔγνων, impv. γνῶθι, γνώτω, subj. 1 sg. γνῶ and 3 sg. γνῶ (γνοῖ Mk 5:43; 9:30; Lk 19:15; Hm 4, 1, 5; B-D-F §95, 2; W-S. §13, 22; Mlt-H. 83; Rob. 1214); 2 sg. γνώσῃς (TestAbr A 8 p. 86, 5 [Stone p. 20]); opt. 1 sg. γνῴην; 3 sg. γνοίη Job 23:3, 5; inf. γνῶναι, ptc. γνούς; pf. ἔγνωκα, 3 pl. ἔγνωκαν J 17:7 (W-S. §13, 15 n. 15); plpf. ἐγνώκειν. Pass.: 1 fut. γνωσθήσομαι; 1 aor. ἐγνώσθην; pf. ἔγνωσμαι. (On the spellings γινώσκειν and γιγνώσκειν s. W-S. §5, 31; B-D-F §34, 4; Mlt-H. 108.) This verb is variously nuanced in contexts relating to familiarity acquired through experience or association with pers. or thing.

① to arrive at a knowledge of someone or someth., know, know about, make acquaintance of

ⓐ w. acc. of thing: mysteries (Wsd 2:22; En 104:12) Mt 13:11; Mk 4:11 v.l.; Lk 8:10; will of the Master (Just., D. 123, 4) 12:47f; that which brings peace 19:42; truth (Jos., Ant. 13, 291) J 8:32; times Ac 1:7; sin Ro 7:7; affection 2 Cor 2:4; spirit of truth J 14:17; way of righteousness 2 Pt 2:21 P⁷²; God’s glory 1 Cl 61:1.—Abs. γνόντες (Is 26:11) when they had ascertained it Mk 6:38; ἐκ μέρους γ. know fragmentarily, only in part 1 Cor 13:9, 12.—W. prep. γ. τι ἔκ τινος (X., Cyr. 1, 6, 45; Jos., Vi. 364) know a thing by someth. (Diod S 17, 101, 6): a tree by its fruit Mt 12:33; Lk 6:44; 1J 4:6; γ. τι ἔν τινι (Sir 4:24; 26:9) 1J 4:2. Also γ. τι κατά τι (Gen 15:8): κατὰ τί γνώσομαι τοῦτο; by what (= how) shall I know this? Lk 1:18.

ⓑ w. personal obj. (Plut., Mor. 69c ἄνδρα τοιοῦτον οὐκ ἔγνωμεν; Did., Gen. 45, 24 evil powers): God (Ael. Aristid. 52, 2 K.=28 p. 551 D.: γ. τὸν θεόν; Herm. Wr. 1, 3; 10, 19a; Sallust. 18, 3 p. 34, 9 θεούς; 1 Km 2:10; 3:7; 1 Ch 28:9; 3 Macc 7:6; PsSol 2:31; Da 11:32 Theod.; Philo, Ebr. 45; Ar. 15, 3; Just., D. 14, 12; Orig., C. Cels. 6, 66, 26f) J 14:7ab; 17:3, 25; Ro 1:21; Gal 4:9; 1J 2:3, 13; 3:1, 6; 4:6ff; 5:20 (for 1J s. M-EBoismard, RB 56, ’49, 365–91); PtK 2. Jesus Christ J 14:7; 17:3; 2 Cor 5:16 ( even though we have known Christ [irrealis, ‘contrary to fact’, is also prob.=even if we had known; cp. Gal 5:11], we now no longer know him; on this pass. s. κατά B7a; σάρξ 5); 1J 2:3f (Just., D. 28, 3). τινὰ ἔν τινι someone by someth. (Ps 47:4; Sir 11:28; TestNapht 3:4) Lk 24:35.

ⓒ w. ὅτι foll. (BGU 824, 8; Philo, Det. Pot. Ins. 22) Mt 25:24; J 6:69; 7:26; 8:52; 14:20, 31; 17:7f, 25; 19:4. W. ὅθεν preceding by this one knows (EpJer 22) 1J 2:18. ἐν τούτῳ (Gen 42:33; Ex 7:17; Josh 3:10 al.) J 13:35; 1J 2:3, 5; 4:13; 5:2. W. combination of two constr. ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι μένει ἐν ἡμῖν, ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος by this we know that (Jesus Christ) remains in us, namely by the spirit 3:24; cp. 4:13. W. an indir. question foll. (1 Km 14:38: 25:17; 2 Km 18:29; Ps 38:5) Mt 12:7; J 7:51. W. combination of two questions (double interrogative) ἵνα γνοῖ τίς τί διεπραγματεύσατο that he might know what each one had gained in his dealings Lk 19:15.

② to acquire information through some means, learn (of), ascertain, find out

ⓐ w. acc. as obj. (1 Km 21:3; 1 Ch 21:2; 4 Macc 4:4) τοῦτο (1 Km 20:3) Mk 5:43. τὰ γενόμενα what has happened Lk 24:18. τὸ ἀσφαλές Ac 21:34; 22:30. τὰ περὶ ἡμῶν our situation Col 4:8; your faith 1 Th 3:5. Pass. become known to someone w. or without dat. of the pers. who is informed: of secret things Mt 10:26; Lk 8:17; 12:2. Of plots Ac 9:24 (cp. 1 Macc 6:3; 7:3, 30 al.).

ⓑ w. ὅτι foll. (PGiss 11, 4 [118 A.D.] γεινώσκειν σε θέλω ὅτι; 1 Esdr 2:17; Ruth 3:14) J 4:1; 5:6; 12:9; Ac 24:11 v.l.

ⓒ abs. (1 Km 14:29; 3 Km 1:11; Tob 8:12 al.) μηδεὶς γινωσκέτω nobody is to know of this Mt 9:30. ἵνα τις γνοῖ that anyone should obtain knowledge of it Mk 9:30.

ⓓ γ. ἀπό τινος ascertain fr. someone 15:45.

③ to grasp the significance or meaning of someth., understand, comprehend

ⓐ w. acc. foll. (Sir 1:6; 18:28; Wsd 5:7 v.l.; 9:13; Bar 3:9 al.; Just., A I, 63, 5; D. 68, 1 σκληροκάρδιοι πρὸς τὸ γνῶναι νοῦν … τοῦ θεοῦ): parables Mk 4:13; what was said Lk 18:34; (w. ἀναγινώσκειν in wordplay) Ac 8:30. ταῦτα J 3:10; 12:16; what one says J 8:43; God’s wisdom 1 Cor 2:8; the nature of God vs. 11; the nature of the divine spirit vs. 14; the love of Christ Eph 3:19 (s. γνῶσις 1); God’s ways Hb 3:10 (Ps 94:10); τὸν νόμον know the law J 7:49; Ro 7:1 (here perh.=have the law at one’s fingertips, cp. Menand., Sicyonius 138f, τῶν τοὺς νόμους εἰδότων; Just., D. 123, 2). πῶς οὖν [ταῦτα γιγν]ώ̣σκομεν; how then shall we know these things? Ox 1081, 25f (=SJCh 90, 1f), as read by Till p. 220 app.

ⓑ abs. Mt 24:39.

ⓒ w. ὅτι foll. (Wsd 10:12; EpJer 64; 1 Macc 6:13; 7:42; 2 Macc 7:28 al.) Mt 21:45; 24:32; Mk 12:12; 13:28f; Lk 21:30f; J 4:53; 8:27f; 2 Cor 13:6; Js 2:20.

ⓓ w. indir. question foll. (Job 19:29) J 10:6; 13:12, 28.

④ to be aware of someth., perceive, notice, realize

ⓐ w. acc.: their wickedness Mt 22:18; γ. δύναμιν ἐξεληλυθυῖαν that power had gone out Lk 8:46 (on the constr. w. the ptc. cp. PHamb 27, 13 [III B.C.]; BGU 1078 [I A.D.] γίνωσκε ἡγεμόνα εἰσεληλυθότα; POxy 1118, 7; Jos., Ant. 17, 342; Just., D. 39, 2 al.).

ⓑ abs. (Ex 22:9; 1 Km 26:12) Mt 16:8; 26:10; Mk 7:24; 8:17.

ⓒ w. ὅτι foll. (Gen 3:7; 8:11; 1 Macc 1:5 al.): ἔγνω τῷ σώματι ὅτι ἴαται she felt in her body that she was healed Mk 5:29; cp. 15:10; J 6:15; 16:19; Ac 23:6.

⑤ to have sexual intercourse with, have sex/marital relations with, euphemistic ext. of 1 (Menand., Fgm. 558, 5 Kock; Heraclid. Lembus, Pol. 64 [Aristot., Fgm. ed. VRose 1886, 383]; oft. in Plut. and other later authors, and LXX [Anz 306]) w. acc., said of a man as agent (Gen 4:1, 17; 1 Km 1:19; Jdth 16:22; ApcMos 4; Did., Gen. 143, 9) Mt 1:25 (in connection w. the topic of 1:25f see Plut., Mor. 717e; Olympiodorus, Vi. Plat. 1 [Westermann, 1850]: φάσμα Ἀπολλωνιακὸν συνεγένετο τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ τῇ Περικτιόνῃ καὶ ἐν νυκτὶ φανὲν τῷ Ἀρίστωνι ἐκέλευσεν αὐτῷ μὴ μιγνύναι τῇ Περικτιόνῃ μέχρι τ. χρόνου τῆς ἀποτέξεως. Ὁ δʼ οὕτω πεποίηκεν: ‘an apparition of Apollo had relations with [Plato’s] mother Perictione, and in a nocturnal appearance to Ariston [Plato’s father] ordered him not to have intercourse w. P. until the time of her parturition. So he acted accordingly.’—The legend of Plato’s birth is traceable to Plato’s nephew Speusippus [Diog. L. 3:2; Jerome, Adv. Iovin. 1, 42]); of a woman (Judg 11:39; 21:12; Theodor. Prodr. 9, 486 H.) Lk 1:34 (DHaugg, D. erste bibl. Marienwort ’38; FGrant, JBL 59, ’40, 19f; HSahlin, D. Messias u. d. Gottesvolk, ’45, 117–20).

⑥ to have come to the knowledge of, have come to know, know (Nägeli 40 w. exx.)

ⓐ w. acc.

α. of thing (Bar 3:20, 23; Jdth 8:29; Bel 35; Just., D. 110, 1 καὶ τοῦτο γ.): τὴν ποσότητα 1 Cl 35:3; hearts (Ps 43:22) Lk 16:15; will Ro 2:18; truth (Just., D. 139, 5; Tat. 13, 1) 2J 1; 2 Cor 5:21; grace 8:9; πάντα (2 Km 14:20; Just., D. 127, 2) 1J 3:20. τὶ 1 Cor 8:2a. W. object clause preceding: ὸ̔ κατεργάζομαι οὐ γ. what I am accomplishing I really do not know Ro 7:15 (here γ. almost=desire, want, decide [Polyb. 5, 82, 1; Plut., Lycurg. 41[3, 9] ἔγνω φυγεῖν; Appian, Syr. 5 §18; Arrian, Anab. 2, 21, 8; 2, 25, 8; Paradox. Vat. 46 Keller ὅ τι ἂν γνῶσιν αἱ γυναῖκες; Jos., Ant. 1, 195; 14, 352; 16, 331]; mngs. 3 understand and 7 recognize are also prob.). W. attraction of the relative ἐν ὥρᾳ ᾗ οὐ γ. at an hour unknown to him Mt 24:50; Lk 12:46. W. acc. and ptc. (on the constr. s. 4a above) τὴν πόλιν νεωκόρον οὖσαν that the city is guardian of the temple Ac 19:35.

β. of pers. know someone (Tob 5:2; 7:4; Is 1:3) J 1:48; 2:24; 10:14f, 27; Ac 19:15; 2 Ti 2:19 (Num 16:5); Ox 1 recto, 14 (GTh 31). W. acc. and ptc. (s. α above, end and e.g. Just., A I, 19, 6) Hb 13:23.

ⓑ w. acc. and inf. (Da 4:17; Just., D. 130, 2 al.) Hb 10:34.

ⓒ w. ὅτι foll. (Sir 23:19; Bar 2:30; Tob 3:14) J 21:17; Ac 20:34; Phil 1:12; Js 1:3; 2 Pt 1:20; 3:3; γ. τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς ὅτι εἰσὶν μάταιοι he knows that the thoughts are vain 1 Cor 3:20 (Ps 93:11).—Oft. γινώσκετε, ὅτι you may be quite sure that Mt 24:33, 43; Mk 13:28f; Lk 10:11; 12:39; 21:31; J 15:18; 1J 2:29 (cp. UPZ 62, 32 [161 B.C.] γίνωσκε σαφῶς ὅτι πρός σε οὐ μὴ ἐπέλθω; 70, 14; 3 Macc 7:9; Judg 4:9; Job 36:5; Pr 24:12). In τοῦτο ἴστε γινώσκοντες, ὅτι Eph 5:5 the question is whether the two verbs are to be separated or not. In the latter case, one could point to Sym. Jer 49:22 ἴστε γινώσκοντες and 1 Km 20:3.

ⓓ w. indir. question (Gen 21:26; 1 Km 22:3; Eccl 11:5; 2 Macc 14:32; Just., A I, 63, 3 τί πατὴρ καὶ τί υἱός) Lk 7:39; 10:22; J 2:25; 11:57.

ⓔ w. adv. modifier γ. Ἑλληνιστί understand Greek Ac 21:37 (cp. X., Cyr. 7, 5; 31 ἐπίστασθαι Συριστί).

ⓕ abs. (Gen 4:9; 18:21; 4 Km 2:3; Sir 32:8) Lk 2:43. τί ἐγὼ γινώσκω; how should I know? Hs 9, 9, 1.

⑦ to indicate that one does know, acknowledge, recognize as that which one is or claims to be τινά (Plut., Ages. 597 [3, 1]; Jos., Ant. 5, 112) οὐδέποτε ἔγνων ὑμᾶς I have never recognized you Mt 7:23; cp. J 1:10. ἐὰν γνωσθῇ πλέον τ. ἐπισκόπου if he receives more recognition than the supervisor (bishop) IPol 5:2. Of God as subject recognize someone as belonging to God, choose, almost= elect (Am 3:2; Hos 12:1; SibOr 5, 330) 1 Cor 8:3; Gal 4:9. In these pass. the γ. of God directed toward human beings is conceived of as the basis of and condition for their coming to know God; cp. the language of the Pythagoreans in HSchenkl, Wiener Studien 8, 1886 p. 265, no. 9 βούλει γνωσθῆναι θεοῖς• ἀγνοήθητι μάλιστα ἀνθρώποις; p. 277 no. 92 σοφὸς ἄνθρωπος κ. θεὸν σεβόμενος γινώσκεται ὑπὸ τ. θεοῦ; Porphyr., ad Marcellam 13 σοφὸς ἄνθρωπος γινώσκεται ὑπὸ θεοῦ; Herm. Wr. 1, 31 θεός, ὸ̔ς γνωσθῆναι βούλεται καὶ γινώσκεται τοῖς ἰδίοις; 10, 15 οὐ γὰρ ἀγνοεῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὁ θεός, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάνυ γνωρίζει καὶ θέλει γνωρίζεσθαι. S. Rtzst., Mysterienrel.³ 299f; Ltzm. on 1 Cor 8:3; RAC XI 446–659.—On the whole word: BSnell, D. Ausdrücke für die Begriffe des Wissens in d. vorplatonischen Philosophie 1924; EBaumann, ידע u. seine Derivate: ZAW 28, 1908, 22ff; 110ff; WBousset, Gnosis: Pauly-W. VII 1912, 1503ff; Rtzst., Mysterienrel.³ 66–70; 284–308; PThomson, ‘Know’ in the NT: Exp. 9th ser. III, 1925, 379–82; AFridrichsen, Gnosis (Paul): ELehmann Festschr. 1927, 85–109; RPope, Faith and Knowledge in Pauline and Johannine Thought: ET 41, 1930, 421–27; RBultmann, TW I ’33, 688–715; HJonas, Gnosis u. spätantiker Geist I ’34; ²’55; EPrucker, Gnosis Theou ’37; JDupont, La Connaissance religieuse dans les Épîtres de Saint Paul, ’49; LBouyer, Gnosis: Le Sens orthodoxe de l’expression jusqu’aux pères Alexandrins: JTS n.s. 4, ’53, 188–203; WDavies, Knowledge in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Mt 11:25–30: HTR 46, ’53, 113–39; WSchmithals, D. Gnosis in Kor. ’55, ³’69; MMagnusson, Der Begriff ‘Verstehen’ (esp. in Paul), ’55; RCasey, Gnosis, Gnosticism and the NT: CDodd Festschr., ’56, 52–80; IdelaPotterie, οἶδα et γινώσκω (4th Gosp.), Biblica 40, ’59, 709–25; H-JSchoeps, Urgemeinde, Judenchristentum, Gnosis ’56; EKäsemann, Das Wandernde Gottesvolk (Hb)², ’57; HJonas, The Gnostic Religion, ’58; JDupont, Gnosis, ’60; UWilckens, Weisheit u. Torheit ( 1 Cor 1 and 2) ’59; DGeorgi, Die Gegner des Pls im 2 Cor, ’64; DScholer, Nag Hammadi Bibliography, 1948–69, ’71.—B. 1209f. DELG s.v. γιγνώσκω. EDNT. M-M. TW. Sv.