Vocabulary Form
γινώσκω
Definition

I know; understand

Erasmian
Modern
Frequency
222
GK
1182
Cognates

Gnostics claimed to possess certain knowledge (gnw:siV).

Mnemonics

Gini knows this!

Mnemonic Singing

My Jesus I love thee;
I know thou art mine.

Song

Biblical Concordance

James 2:20 Would you like to be shown (gnōnai | γνῶναι | aor act inf ), you shallow person, that faith without works is useless?
James 5:20 he should know (ginōsketō | γινωσκέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) that the one who brings a sinner back from the error of his way will save that person’s soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.
2 Peter 1:20 Above all, you must understand (ginōskontes | γινώσκοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) that no prophecy of scripture arises from the prophet’s own interpretation,
2 Peter 3:3 Above all you must understand (ginōskontes | γινώσκοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) that in the last days scoffers will come with scoffing, following their own lusts
1 John 2:3 Now this is how we can be sure (ginōskomen | γινώσκομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) that we know (egnōkamen | ἐγνώκαμεν | perf act ind 1 pl) God: if we keep his commandments.
1 John 2:4 The one who says, “I know (egnōka | ἔγνωκα | perf act ind 1 sg) God,” yet does not keep his commandments, is a liar and the truth is not in him.
1 John 2:5 But whoever keeps his word, truly in that person is the love of God brought to fulfillment. This is how we can be sure (ginōskomen | γινώσκομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) that we are in him:
1 John 2:13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know (egnōkate | ἐγνώκατε | perf act ind 2 pl) him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.
1 John 2:14 I have written to you, my children, because you know (egnōkate | ἐγνώκατε | perf act ind 2 pl) the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you know (egnōkate | ἐγνώκατε | perf act ind 2 pl) him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
1 John 2:18 My children, it is the last hour! And just as you heard that the Antichrist would come, even now many antichrists have appeared. Therefore we know (ginōskomen | γινώσκομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) that it is the last hour.
1 John 2:29 If you know that he is righteous, you also know (ginōskete | γινώσκετε | pres act ind 2 pl) that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
1 John 3:1 See what great love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God — and so we are! The reason the world does (ginōskei | γινώσκει | pres act ind 3 sg) not know (ginōskei | γινώσκει | pres act ind 3 sg) us is that it (egnō | ἔγνω | aor act ind 3 sg) did (egnō | ἔγνω | aor act ind 3 sg) not know (egnō | ἔγνω | aor act ind 3 sg) him.
1 John 3:6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who continues to sin has either seen him or known (egnōken | ἔγνωκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) him.
1 John 3:16 By this we have come to know (egnōkamen | ἐγνώκαμεν | perf act ind 1 pl) love: that he laid down his life on our behalf. And we are obligated to lay down our lives for the brothers.
1 John 3:19 And by this we will know (gnōsometha | γνωσόμεθα | fut mid ind 1 pl) that we are of the truth and will set our conscience at rest in his presence,
1 John 3:20 that if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience and knows (ginōskei | γινώσκει | pres act ind 3 sg) all things.
1 John 3:24 And the one who keeps his commandments resides in him, and he in him. And by this we know (ginōskomen | γινώσκομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) that he abides in us: by the Spirit whom he has given to us.
1 John 4:2 This is how you can recognize (ginōskete | γινώσκετε | pres act ind 2 pl) the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
1 John 4:6 We are from God. The person who knows (ginōskōn | γινώσκων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) God listens to us, but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know (ginōskomen | γινώσκομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
1 John 4:7 Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows (ginōskei | γινώσκει | pres act ind 3 sg) God.
1 John 4:8 The person who does not love does (egnō | ἔγνω | aor act ind 3 sg) not know (egnō | ἔγνω | aor act ind 3 sg) God, because God is love.
1 John 4:13 By this we know (ginōskomen | γινώσκομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) that we abide in God and he in us: because he has given us of his Spirit.
1 John 4:16 And we have come to know (egnōkamen | ἐγνώκαμεν | perf act ind 1 pl) and to trust the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
1 John 5:2 By this we know (ginōskomen | γινώσκομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and obey his commandments.
1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us discernment so that we may know (ginōskōmen | γινώσκωμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.