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“known,” 1 Cor. 12:3, “I give (you) to understand” (the apostle reaffirms what they
knew); 15:1, of the gospel; Gal. 1:11 (he reminds them of what they well knew, the
ground of his claim to apostleship); Phil. 4:6 (passive voice), of requests to God. See
CERTIFY
,
DECLARE
(
Note
),
UNDERSTAND
,
WIT
,
WOT
.¶
Notes:
(1) In 2 Tim. 3:10,
KJV
,
$
, “to follow closely, follow as a
standard of conduct,” is translated “hast fully known” (
RV
, “didst follow”). See
FOLLOW
.
(2) In 2 Tim. 4:17,
KJV
,
, “to fulfill, accomplish,” is translated “might be fully
known” (
RV
, “might be fully proclaimed”). See
FULFILL
. (3) In Acts 7:13, some mss.
have the verb
, “to make oneself known,” “was made known,” instead of No.
8 (which see).¶ (4) In Acts 7:13 (2nd part) the
KJV
, “was made known” translates the
phrase
, “to become manifest” (
RV
, “became manifest”). See
MANIFEST
.
(5) For
, “to make known,” in Luke 2:17, see No. 8. (6) For
, in
Acts 24:22, “I will know the uttermost of,” see
DETERMINE
, No. 5.
B. Adjectives.
1.
(
, 1110), a later form of
(from No. 1), most frequently
denotes “known”; it is used ten times in the Acts, always with that meaning (save in 4:16,
where it means “notable”); twice in the Gospel of John, 18:15, 16; in Luke 2:44 and
23:49 it denotes “acquaintance”; elsewhere only in Rom. 1:19, “(that which) may be
known (of God),” lit., “the knowable of God,” referring to the physical universe, in the
creation of which God has made Himself “knowable,” that is, by the exercise of man’s
natural faculties, without such supernatural revelations as those given to Israel. See
ACQUAINTANCE
.
2.
(
$
, 5318), “visible, manifest,” is translated “known” in Matt.
12:16 and Mark 3:12. See
APPEAR
,
MANIFEST
,
OPENLY
,
OUTWARDLY
.
3.
(
# )
, 1990), akin to A, No. 5, “knowing, skilled,” is used in Jas.
3:13,
KJV
, “endued with knowledge” (
RV
“understanding”).¶
4.
(
/
, 57), the negative of No. 1, “unknown,” is found in Acts
17:23.¶
C. Nouns.
1.
(
, 1108), primarily “a seeking to know, an enquiry, investigation”
(akin to A, No. 1), denotes, in the NT, “knowledge,” especially of spiritual truth; it is
used (a) absolutely, in Luke 11:52; Rom. 2:20; 15:14; 1 Cor. 1:5; 8:1 (twice), 7, 10, 11;
13:2, 8; 14:6; 2 Cor. 6:6; 8:7; 11:6; Eph. 3:19; Col. 2:3; 1 Pet. 3:7; 2 Pet. 1:5, 6; (b) with
an object: in respect of (1) God, 2 Cor. 2:14; 10:5; (2) the glory of God, 2 Cor. 4:6; (3)
Christ Jesus, Phil. 3:8; 2 Pet. 3:18; (4) salvation, Luke 1:77; (c) subjectively, of God’s
“knowledge,” Rom. 11:33; the word of “knowledge,” 1 Cor. 12:8; “knowledge” falsely
so called, 1 Tim. 6:20.¶
2.
(
# &
, 1922), akin to A, No. 3, denotes “exact or full knowledge,
discernment, recognition,” and is a strengthened form of No. 1, expressing a fuller or a
full “knowledge,” a greater participation by the “knower” in the object “known,” thus
more powerfully infiuencing him. It is not found in the Gospels and Acts. Paul uses it 15
times (16 if Heb. 10:26 is included) out of the 20 occurrences; Peter 4 times, all in his