γινώσκω

γινώσκω (= γιγν-: see previous word. So also vulgar Attic, in Inscr., see Thumb, MGV, 207),

[in LXX chiefly for ידע ;]

to be taking in knowledge, come to know, recognize, perceive, understand; in past tenses to know, realize; pass., to become known: with accusative, Matt 22,18, Mark 5,43, Kol 4,8, 1 Thess 3,5, al. Pass., Matt 10,26, Fil 4,5, al.; before ὅτι, Matt 21,45, Joh 4,1, al.; τί, Matt 6,3 ἀπό, Mark 15,45 ὅ, Rom 7,15 τ. λεγόμενα, Luk 18,34 τ. θέλημα, Luk 12,47 τ. καρδίας, Luk 16,15 with accusative of person(s), of recognition by God, 1 Kor 8,3, Gal 4,9; by Christ, neg., Matt 7,23 frequently of the knowledge of divine things, of God and Christ; τ. θεόν, Rom 1,21 Gal 4,9; τ. πατέρα, Joh 8,55 τ. κύριον, Hebr 8,1 (LXX); νοῦν κυρίου, Rom 11,34 Χριστόν, Joh 17,3, 1 Joh 3,6; τὰ τοῦ πνεύματος, 1 Kor 2,14 τ. πνεύμα, 1 Joh 4,6 τ. ἀλήθειαν, Joh 8,32 of Christ's knowledge of the Father (ἐπιγ.), Matt 11,27 (Dalman, Words, 282ff.). In Hellenistic writers [LXX for Heb. ידע, Gal 4,1, al.], of sexual intercourse, to know carnally: Matt 1,25, Luk 1,34 (Cremer, 153).

SYN.: γ., to know by observation and experience is thus prop. disting. from οἶδα, to know by reflection (a mental process, based on intuition or information); cf. also ἐφίστημι, συνίημι. (Cf. ἀνα-, δια-, ἐπι-, κατα-, προ-γινώσκω.)