G56: ἀγνωσία
agnōsía · “ignorance”
Definition
ignorance (properly, the state)
KJV translates it as: ignorance, not the knowledge
Word origin: from G1 (Α) (as negative particle) and G1108 (γνῶσις);
Extended definition
ἀγνωσία, -ας, ἡ
(γινώσκω), [in LXX: Job.35:16 (בִּבְלִי־דַּעַת), Wis.13:1, 3Ma.5:27 * ;]
ignorance (opposite to γνῶσις): 1Co.15:34, 1Pe.2:15 (see Hort in l.; MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
(γινώσκω), [in LXX: Job.35:16 (בִּבְלִי־דַּעַת), Wis.13:1, 3Ma.5:27 * ;]
ignorance (opposite to γνῶσις): 1Co.15:34, 1Pe.2:15 (see Hort in l.; MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G56 is translated
- ignorance ×1
- ignorance; ×1
Bible verses with G56 (agnōsía)
Agnōsía appears in 2 verses.
- 1 Corinthians 15:34
Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
- 1 Peter 2:15
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: