34 occurrences

'Know' in the Bible

And the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit), knowing [how to distinguish between] good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take from the tree of life as well, and eat [its fruit], and live [in this fallen, sinful condition] forever”—

Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” And he [lied and] said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

And when he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “Listen: I know that you are a beautiful woman;

But Abram said, “Lord God, by what [proof] will I know that I will inherit it?”

God said to Abram, “Know for sure that your descendants will be strangers [living temporarily] in a land (Egypt) that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.

I will go down now, and see whether they have acted [as vilely and wickedly] as the outcry which has come to Me [indicates]; and if not, I will know.”

and they called out to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we may know them [intimately].”

Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this in the integrity of your heart, for it was I who kept you back and spared you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not give you an opportunity to touch her.

So now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her [to him], know that you shall die, you and all who are yours (your household).”

Abimelech said, “I do not know who did this thing. Indeed, you did not tell me, and I did not hear of it until today.”

The Lord said, “Do not reach out [with the knife in] your hand against the boy, and do nothing to [harm] him; for now I know that you fear God [with reverence and profound respect], since you have not withheld from Me your son, your only son [of promise].”

now let it be that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please, let down your jar so that I may [have a] drink,’ and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels water to drink’—may she be the one whom You have selected [as a wife] for Your servant Isaac; and by this I will know that You have shown lovingkindness (faithfulness) to my master.”

Meanwhile, the man stood gazing at Rebekah in [reverent] silence, [waiting] to know if the Lord had made his trip successful or not.

But Isaac [wondered and] said to Jacob, “Please come close [to me] so that I may touch you, my son, and determine if you are really my son Esau or not.”

Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and he said, “Without any doubt the Lord is in this place, and I did not realize it.”

So he said to them, “Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor [Abraham’s brother]?” And they replied, “We know him.”

Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know the work which I have done for you.”

Jacob answered him, “You know how I have served you and how your possessions, your cattle and sheep and goats, have fared with me.

The one with whom you find your gods shall not live; in the presence of our relatives [search my possessions and] point out whatever you find that belongs to you and take it.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.

But Jacob replied, “You know, my lord, that the children are frail and need gentle care, and the nursing flocks and herds [with young] are of concern to me; for if the men should drive them hard for a single day, all the flocks will die.

He turned to her by the road, and said, “Please come, let me lie with you”; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, “What will you give me, that you may lie with me?”

Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.

They did not know that Joseph understood [their conversation], because he spoke to them through an interpreter.

And the man, the lord of the country, said to us, ‘By this [test] I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers here with me and take grain for your starving households and go.

Bring your youngest brother to me; then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. Then I will return your [imprisoned] brother [back] to you, and you may trade and do business in the land.’”

And they said, “The man asked us straightforward questions about ourselves and our relatives. He said, ‘Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down [here to Egypt]’?”

We have also brought down with us additional money to buy food; we do not know who put our money [back] in our sacks [last time].”

Joseph spoke harshly to them, “What is this thing that you have done? Do you not realize that such a man as I can indeed practice divination and foretell [everything you do without outside knowledge of it]?”

Your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife [Rachel] bore me [only] two sons.

And Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die [in peace], since I have seen your face [and know] that you are still alive.”

The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land. Let them live in the land of Goshen; and if you know of any men of ability among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”

But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know; Manasseh also will become a people and he will be great; but his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.”

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
εἴδω 
Eido 
know , cannot tell , know how , wist , , see , behold , look , perceive , vr see , vr know
Usage: 519

ἐπιγινώσκω 
Epiginosko 
Usage: 37

προγινώσκω 
Proginosko 
Usage: 5

בּינה 
Biynah 
Usage: 38

דּע 
Dea` 
Usage: 5

דּעה 
De`ah 
Usage: 6

דּעת 
Da`ath 
Usage: 91

ידע 
Yada` 
Usage: 946

ידע 
Y@da` (Aramaic) 
Usage: 49

מדּע מדּע 
Madda` 
Usage: 6

מנדּע 
manda` (Aramaic) 
Usage: 4

נכר 
Nakar 
Usage: 49

שׂכל שׂכל 
Sekel 
Usage: 16

G50
ἀγνοέω 
Agnoeo 
Usage: 22

G56
ἀγνωσία 
Agnosia 
not the knowledge , ignorance
Usage: 2

ἀναγνωρίζομαι 
Anagnorizomai 
be made known
Usage: 1

γινώσκω 
Ginosko 
Usage: 147

γνωρίζω 
Gnorizo 
Usage: 21

γνῶσις 
Gnosis 
Usage: 28

γνωστός 
Gnostos 
Usage: 15

διαγινώσκω 
Diaginosko 
Usage: 2

διαγνωρίζω 
Diagnorizo 
Usage: 1

ἐπίγνωσις 
Epignosis 
Usage: 20

ἐπίσταμαι 
Epistamai 
Usage: 14

ἐπιστήμων 
Epistemon 
Usage: 1

ἴσημι 
Isemi 
Usage: 2

καρδιογνώστης 
Kardiognostes 
Usage: 2

παρακολουθέω 
Parakoloutheo 
Usage: 3

πληροφορέω 
Plerophoreo 
Usage: 5

συνείδω 
suneido 
by privy , consider , be ware of , know
Usage: 4

σύνεσις 
sunesis 
Usage: 7

φανερός 
Phaneros 
Usage: 15