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ἐπίγνωσις
epígnōsis · Greek · Strong's G1922 · 20 occurrences
The KJV renders 2 different Hebrew and Greek words as “ment”
What it means
recognition, i.e. (by implication) full discernment, acknowledgement
from G1921 (ἐπιγινώσκω);
How the KJV renders it
acknowledgeing, ment
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“ment”
also renders tsâvâh (H6680)
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Where it appears
20 occurrences in the Greek text.
1 Timothy 2:4 · N-ASF
who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.
2 Peter 1:2 · N-DSF
Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,
2 Peter 1:3 · N-GSF
seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue,
2 Peter 1:8 · N-ASF
For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to not be idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 2:20 · N-DSF
For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
2 Timothy 2:25 · N-ASF
in gentleness correcting those who oppose him. Perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,
2 Timothy 3:7 N-ASFColossians 1:9 N-ASFColossians 1:10 N-DSFColossians 2:2 N-ASFColossians 3:10 N-ASFEphesians 1:17 N-DSFEphesians 4:13 N-GSFHebrews 10:26 N-ASFPhilemon 1:6 N-DSFPhilippians 1:9 N-DSFRomans 1:28 N-DSFRomans 3:20 N-NSFRomans 10:2 N-ASFTitus 1:1 N-ASF
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