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$
(
"
, 1119), “a knee” (Latin,
$
), is used (a) metaphorically in Heb. 12:12,
where the duty enjoined is that of “courageous self-recovery in God’s strength;” (b)
literally, of the attitude of a suppliant, Luke 5:8; Eph. 3:14; of veneration, Rom. 11:4;
14:11; Phil. 2:10; in mockery, Mark 15:19. See
KNEEL
.
KNEEL
1.
$
(
!
, 1120) denotes “to bow the knees, kneel,” from
$
(see
above) and
, “to fall prostrate,” the act of one imploring aid, Matt. 17:14; Mark 1:40;
of one expressing reverence and honor, Mark 10:17; in mockery, Matt. 27:29.¶
2. A phrase consisting of
, “to put,” with
, the plural of
$
, “the
knee” (see above), signifies “to kneel,” and is always used of an attitude of prayer, Luke
22:41 (lit., “placing the knees”); Acts 7:60; 9:40; 20:36; 21:5.¶
KNIT TOGETHER
$
(
1
, 4822) signifies “to cause to coalesce, to join or knit
together,” Eph. 4:16,
RV
, “knit together” (
KJV
, “compacted)”; Col. 2:2, where some
would assign the alternative meaning, “to instruct,” as, e.g., in 1 Cor. 2:16; in Col. 2:19,
“knit together,” it is said of the church, as the body of which Christ is the Head. See
COMPACTED
.
Note:
In Acts 10:11 some mss. have the verb
, “to bind,” translated “knit,” of the
four corners of the sheet in Peter’s vision. The
RV
“let down” translates the verb
, found in the best texts.
KNOCK
$
(
$ "
, 2925), “to strike, knock,” is used in the NT of “knocking” at a door,
(a) literally, Luke 12:36; Acts 12:13, 16; (b) figuratively, Matt. 7:7, 8; Luke 11:9, 10 (of
importunity in dealing with God); 13:25; Rev. 3:20.¶
KNOW, KNOWN, KNOWLEDGE, UNKNOWN
A. Verbs.
1.
(
0
, 1097) signifies “to be taking in knowledge, to come to know,
recognize, understand,” or “to understand completely,” e.g., Mark 13:28, 29; John 13:12;
15:18; 21:17; 2 Cor. 8:9; Heb. 10:34; 1 John 2:5; 4:2, 6 (twice), 7, 13; 5:2, 20; in its past
tenses it frequently means “to know in the sense of realizing,” the aorist or point tense
usually indicating definiteness, Matt. 13:11; Mark 7:24; John 7:26; in 10:38 “that ye may
know (aorist tense) and understand, (present tense)”; 19:4; Acts 1:7; 17:19; Rom. 1:21; 1
Cor. 2:11 (2nd part), 14; 2 Cor. 2:4; Eph. 3:19; 6:22; Phil. 2:19; 3:10; 1 Thess. 3:5; 2
Tim. 2:19; Jas. 2:20; 1 John 2:13 (twice), 14; 3:6; 4:8; 2 John 1; Rev. 2:24; 3:3, 9. In the
passive voice, it often signifies “to become known,” e.g., Matt. 10:26; Phil. 4:5. In the
sense of complete and absolute understanding on God’s part, it is used, e.g., in Luke
16:15; John 10:15 (of the Son as well as the Father); 1 Cor. 3:20. In Luke 12:46,
KJV
, it is
rendered “he is … aware.”
In the NT
frequently indicates a relation between the person “knowing” and
the object known; in this respect, what is “known” is of value or importance to the one
who knows, and hence the establishment of the relationship, e.g., especially of God’s
“knowledge,” 1 Cor. 8:3, “if any man love God, the same is known of Him”; Gal. 4:9, “to