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see Rom. 1:28, not the “ignorance” which mitigates guilt); 1 Pet. 1:14, of the former
unregenerate condition of those who became believers (
RV
, “in
7
your
ignorance”).¶
2.
(
&
, 56) denotes “ignorance” as directly opposed to
, which
signifies “knowledge” as a result of observation and experience ( , negative,
, “to
know”; cf. Eng., “agnostic”); 1 Cor. 15:34 (“no knowledge”); 1 Pet. 2:15. In both these
passages reprehensible “ignorance” is suggested. See
KNOWLEDGE
.¶
3.
(
, 51), “a sin of ignorance,” occurs in Heb. 9:7, “errors” (
RV
marg., “ignorances”).¶ For the corresponding verb in Heb. 5:2 see B, No. 1. What is
especially in view in these passages is unwitting error. For Israel a sacrifice was
appointed, greater in proportion to the culpability of the guilty, greater, for instance, for a
priest or ruler than for a private person. Sins of “ignorance,” being sins, must be expiated.
A believer guilty of a sin of “ignorance” needs the efficacy of the expiatory sacrifice of
Christ, and finds “grace to help.” Yet, as the conscience of the believer receives
enlightenment, what formerly may have been done in “ignorance” becomes a sin against
the light and demands a special confession, to receive forgiveness, 1 John 1:8, 9.¶
4.
(
* 0
, 2399), primarily “a private person” in contrast to a state official,
hence, “a person without professional knowledge, unskilled, uneducated, unlearned,” is
translated “unlearned” in 1 Cor. 14:16, 23, 24, of those who have no knowledge of the
facts relating to the testimony borne in and by a local church; “rude” in 2 Cor. 11:6, of
the apostle’s mode of speech in the estimation of the Corinthians; “ignorant men,” in
Acts 4:13, of the speech of the apostle Peter and John in the estimation of the rulers,
elders and scribes in Jerusalem.
While
(“unlearned”) may refer to their being unacquainted with
rabbinical learning,
would signify “laymen,” in contrast with the religious
officials. See
RUDE
,
UNLEARNED
.¶
B. Verbs.
1.
(
!
, 50), signifies (a) “to be ignorant, not to know,” either
intransitively, 1 Cor. 14:38 (in the 2nd occurrence in this verse, the
RV
text translates the
active voice, the margin the passive); 1 Tim. 1:13, lit., “being ignorant (I did it)”; Heb.
5:2, “ignorant”; or transitively, 2 Pet. 2:12,
KJV
, “understand not,”
RV
, “are ignorant (of)”;
Acts 13:27, “knew (Him) not”; 17:23,
RV
, “(what ye worship) in ignorance,” for
KJV
,
“(whom ye) ignorantly (worship),” lit., “(what) not knowing (ye worship”; also rendered
by the verb “to be ignorant that,” or “to be ignorant of,” Rom. 1:13; 10:3; 11:25; 1 Cor.
10:1; 12:1; 2 Cor. 1:8; 2:11; 1 Thess. 4:13; to know not, Rom. 2:4; 6:3; 7:1; to be
unknown (passive voice), 2 Cor. 6:9; Gal. 1:22; (b) “not to understand,” Mark 9:32; Luke
9:45. See
KNOW
,
UNDERSTAND
.¶
2.
(
1
, 2990); for 2 Pet. 3:5, 8,
KJV
, see
FORGET
.
Note:
For adjectives see
UNLEARNED
.
ILL
(
, 2556), “bad,” is used in the neuter as a noun in Rom. 13:10, and
translated “ill.” See
BAD
.