ἐπίγνωσις

ἐπί-γνωσις, -εως, ἡ

(ἐπιγινώσκω, which see), [in LXX: 1 Kong 7,14 (B. γν-), Ord 2,5, Hos 4,1, 6; 6,6 (דַּעַת), Jdt 9,14, 2Ma 9,11 * ;]

acquaintance, discernment, recognition (Plut., al.): Fil 1,9, Kol 3,10; with genitive of thing(s), Kol 1,9; 2,2, Phm 6; τ. ἀληθείας, 1 Tim 2,4, 2 Tim 2,25; 3,7, Tit 1,1, Hebr 10,26; τ. ἁμαρτίας, Rom 3,20 with genitive of person(s), of God: Ef 1,17, Kol 1,10, 2 Pet 1,2-3; of Christ: Ef 4,13, 2 Pet 1,8; 2,20; of God and Christ: 2 Pet 1,2 κατ ̓ ἐ., Rom 10,2 ἔχειν ἐν ἐ., Rom 1,28 (see AR, Eph., 248 ff.; and for a somewhat different view, Thayer, see word; Lft. on Col, 1:9; Tr., Syn., LXXv; Cremer, 159 f.; cf. αἴσθησις).†