# G1097 --- ## Gary’s Bible Definition - to know ## Root Transliteration (Phonetic Spelling) - ginóskó (ghin-oce'-ko) ## Strong's Definition & Usage - Definition: to come to know, recognize, perceive - Usage: I am taking in knowledge, come to know, learn; aor: I ascertained, realized. ## Part of Speech - Verb ## BSB Translation - ## NASB Translation - know (104), known (25), knows (14), knew (13), knowing (3), come to know (1) - understand (11), understood (6), comprehend (1) - aware (7) - recognize (7), recognized (1), recognizing (1) - sure (4) - find (3), found (2) - realize (3) - perceiving (2), perceived (1) - unaware* (2) - ascertaining (1), certainty (1), felt (1), kept...a virgin* (1), know how (1), learn (1), learned (1), put (1), take notice (1), virgin* (1) ## NASB Word Origin - from a prim. root gnó- ## Occurrences - 222 ## Occurrences Link - https://biblehub.com/greek/strongs_1097.htm ## BibleHub Link - https://biblehub.com/greek/1097.htm ## Helps Word Studies - [[G1097]] ginṓskō – properly, to know, especially through personal experience (first-hand acquaintance). [[G1097]] /ginṓskō ("experientially know") is used for example in [[Luke_01|Luke 1.34]], "And Mary (a virgin) said to the angel, 'How will this be since I do not know ([[G1097]] /ginṓskō = sexual intimacy) a man?'" ## Blue Letter Bible - Outline - to learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel - to become known - to know, understand, perceive, have knowledge of - to understand - to know - Jewish idiom for sexual intercourse between a man and a woman - to become acquainted with, to know ## Blue Letter Bible - Strong's Definition (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed):—allow, be aware (of), feel, (have) know(-ledge), perceived, be resolved, can speak, be sure, understand. ## Blue Letter Bible - Vines - Allow: - "to know," is rendered "allow" in Romans 7:15 (AV); the RV has "that which I do I know not;" i.e., "I do not recognize, as a thing for which I am responsible." - See AWARE, CAN, FEEL, KNOW, PERCEIVE, RESOLVE, SPEAK, SURE, UNDERSTAND. - Can (Canst, Could, Cannot): - "to know," is so rendered in the RV of Matthew 16:3, "ye know how to," for AV, "ye can" (dunamai is used in the next sentence). This verb represents knowledge as the effect of experience. In Acts 21:37, for "canst thou speak Greek?" the RV has "dost... " - see ALLOW, KNOW. - Feel, Feeling, Felt: - "to know, perceive," is translated "she felt (in her body)," of the woman with the issue of blood, Mark 5:29, i.e., she became aware of the fact. - See KNOW. - Know, Known, Knowledge, Unknown: - signifies "to be taking in knowledge, to come to know, recognize, understand," or "to understand completely," e.g., Mar 13:28, 29; Jhn 13:12; 15:18; 21:17; 2Cr 8:9; Hbr 10:34; 1Jo 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, Mat 13:11; Mar 7:24; Jhn 7:26; in Jhn 10:38 "that ye may know (aorist tense) and understand, (present tense);" Jhn 19:4; Act 1:7; 17:19; Rom 1:21; 1Cr 2:11 (2nd part), 14; 2Cr 2:4; Eph 3:19; 6:22; Phl 2:19; 3:10; 1Th 3:5; 2Ti 2:19; Jam 2:20; 1Jo 2:13 (twice), 14; 3:6; 4:8; 2Jo 1:1; Rev 2:24; 3:3, 9. In the Passive Voice, it often signifies "to become known," e.g., Mat 10:26; Phl 4:5. In the sense of complete and absolute understanding on God's part, it is used e.g., in Luk 16:15; Jhn 10:15 (of the Son as well as the Father); 1Cr 3:20. In Luk 12:46, AV, it is rendered "he is... aware." - In the NT ginosko 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," 1Cr 8:3, "if any man love God, the same is known of Him;" Gal 4:9, "to be known of God;" here the "knowing" suggests approval and bears the meaning "to be approved;" so in 2Ti 2:19; cp. Jhn 10:14, 27; Gen 18:19; Nah 1:7; the relationship implied may involve remedial chastisement, Amo 3:2. The same idea of appreciation as well as "knowledge" underlies several statements concerning the "knowledge" of God and His truth on the part of believers, e.g., Jhn 8:32; 14:20, 31; 17:3; Gal 4:9 (1st part); 1Jo 2:3, 13, 14; 4:6, 8, 16; 5:20; such "knowledge" is obtained, not by mere intellectual activity, but by operation of the Holy Spirit consequent upon acceptance of Christ. Nor is such "knowledge" marked by finality; see e.g., 2Pe 3:18; Hsa 6:3, RV. - The verb is also used to convey the thought of connection or union, as between man and woman, Mat 1:25; Luk 1:34. - Learn, Learned (Be): - "to know by observation and experience," is translated "to learn," in the RV of Mar 15:45; Jhn 12:9. - See ALLOW. - Perceive: - "to know by experience and observation," is translated "to perceive" in Mat 12:15, RV (AV, "knew"); Mat 16:8; 21:45; 22:18; 26:10, RV, (AV, "understood"); Mar 8:17; 12:12; 15:10, RV (AV, "knew"); so Luk 9:11; 18:34; in Luk 7:39, RV (AV, "known"); Luk 20:19 (cp. No. 7 in ver. 23); Jhn 6:15; 8:27, RV (AV, "understood"); Jhn 16:19, RV (AV, "knew"); Act 23:6; Gal 2:9; in 1Jo 3:16, AV, "perceive" (RV, "know," perfect tense, lit., "we have perceived," and therefore "know"). - See KNOW. - Resolve: - "to come to know, perceive, realize," is used in the 2nd aorist tense in Luke 16:4. "I am resolved," expressing the definiteness of the steward's realization, and his consequent determination of his course of action. - See KNOW. - Understand, Understood: - "to know, to come to know," is translated "to understand" in the AV in Mat 26:10; Jhn 8:27 (RV, "to perceive;") AV and RV in Jhn 8:43; 10:6; in Jhn 10:38, RV (in some texts pisteuo, AV, "believe"); AV and RV in Jhn 12:16; 13:7 RV, AV, "know" (see Note under KNOW, No. 2); Act 8:30; in Phl 1:12, AV, RV, "know" (in some texts, Act 24:11, AV). - See KNOW, No. 1. --- #### Transliteration Details - --- #### Date - Initial - 2019.10.21 - Revised - 2022.10.17 - 2023.08.06 ---