γνώστης, γνωστου, ὁ (a knower), an expert; a connoisseur: Act_26:3. (Plutarch, Flam c. 4; Θεός ὁ τῶν κρύπτων γνώστης, Hist. Susanna, verse 42; of those who divine the future, 1Sa_28:3; 1Sa_28:9, etc.)

γνώστης gnōstēs 1x one acquainted with a thing, knowing, skilful, Act_26:3

† γνώσιης , -ον , ὁ ( < γιγυώσκω ), [in LXX chiefly for H3049 ;] one who knows, an expert: Act_26:3 .†

γνώστης [page 130] With the use of this word in Act_26:3 we may compare Deissmann s restoration in a papyrus letter preserved at Berlin, in which an Egyptian official calls for a procession to to be arranged for the gods ἐπεὶ γν [ώ ]στ [ης ἐγενόμην τοῦ ] εὐανγελ [ίο ]υ περὶ τοῦ ἀνηγορεῦσθαι Καίσαρα (= Preisigke 421), forasmuch as I have become aware of the tidings of joy concerning the proclaiming as Emperor of C. Julius Verus Maximus : see LAE , p. 371. For γνώστης = a surety (Lat. cognitor ), as in Plutarch, we may cite P Lips I. 106 .10 (A.D. 98) ἐὰν οὖν ὅ γ̣γε γνώσ̣της σὺν τῷ μετόχῳ ἀσφαλίζηταί σε κτλ . For the collateral noun γνωστήρ , which also answers to cognitor , see under γνωρίζω , and Wilcken s note in Archiv iv. p. 442, where he reads P Flor I. 57 .80 (A.D. 223 5) γν̣[ωσ ]τευ [όμε ]νος ὑπὸ ἀδελφοῦ Πανίσκου , and compares γνωστῆρες in BGU IV. 1032 .11 ff. The document is reprinted in P Flor III. 382. The verb γνωστεύω occurs 1. .85 of the same document, and in P Hawara 69 recto .8 (i/ii A.D.) (in Archiv v. p. 383). The subst. γνωστεία in P Fay 65 .5 (ii/A.D.) apparently = authorisation, supervision.

γνώστης [Etym: γιγνώσκω] "one that knows", NTest. "a surety", Plut.

γνώστης, -ου, ὁ (γιγνώσκω), [in LXX chiefly for יִדְּעֹנִי ;] one who knows, an expert: Act.26:3.† (AS)