9 occurrences

'Unknown' in the Bible

For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

Verse ConceptsAmbassadorsGod, Revelation OfIgnorance, Of GodInscriptionsOpportunities, And SalvationSuperstitionPolytheismUnknown GodsHow Not To WorshipIgnorance of GodEclipseignorancedevotion

For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritMysterySpiritual UnderstandingUnintelligiblenessPrayer LanguageLanguageThe Tonguespeakingsecrets

He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.

Verse ConceptsBuilding Up The ChurchEach Local ChurchLanguageThe church

Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.

Verse ConceptsInterpreting LanguageMental Abuse

For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

Verse ConceptsAbsence Of ThoughtThe TongueThe Mind

Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.

Verse ConceptsFive ThingsThinking ArightTeaching In The ChurchEach Local ChurchLanguageThe TonguespeakingMaturityorder

If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.

Verse ConceptsIn TurnTwo Or ThreeLanguageThe Tonguespeakinggroups

As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

Verse ConceptsKnowing PeopleAnonymityNot Knowing PeopleLiving OnDyingLiverecognition

And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:

Verse ConceptsChurch, Examples OfNot Knowing People

Bible Theasaurus

Concealed (58 instances)
Nameless (2 instances)
Obscure (12 instances)
Strange (251 instances)
Stranger (157 instances)
Unknown (34 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
G50
ἀγνοέω 
Agnoeo 
Usage: 22

G57
ἄγνωστος 
Agnostos 
Usage: 1

King James Version Public Domain