Quick Definition
known, an acquaintance
Strong's Definition
well-known
Derivation: from G1097 (γινώσκω);
KJV Usage: acquaintance, (which may be) known, notable
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
γνωστός, γνωστή, γνωστόν, known: Act_9:42; τίνι, Joh_18:15; Act_1:19; Act_15:18 R L; ; γνωστόν ἔστω ὑμῖν be it known to you: Act_2:14; Act_4:10; Act_13:38; Act_28:28; contextually, notable, Act_4:16; γνοωστον ποιεῖν to make known, disclose: Act_15:17 f G T Tr WH (others construe γνωστά as predicate of ταῦτα: R. V. marginal reading who doeth these things which were known; cf. Meyer at the passage). τό γνωστόν τοῦ Θεοῦ, either that which may be known of God, or equivalent to γνῶσις τοῦ Θεοῦ, for both come to the same thing: Rom_1:19; cf. Fritzsche at the passage and Winer's Grammar, 235 (220) (and Meyer (edited by Weiss) at the passage). plural οἱ γνωστοί acquaintance, intimates, Psa_30:12 (); (Psalm 87:9, 19 ()); Neh_5:10; Luk_2:44; Luk_23:49. (In Greek writings from Aeschylus down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
γνωστός gnōstos 15x
known, Joh_18:15-16 , et al.; certain, incontrovertible, Act_4:16 ; τὸ γνωστόν , that which is known or is cognizable, the unquestionable attributes, Rom_1:19 ; subst. an acquaintance, Luk_2:44 ; Luk_23:49 friend; known; outstanding.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
γνωστός , -ή , -όν ,
later form of γνωτός
( < γιγνώσκω ),
[in LXX for various parts of H3045 ;]
known: Act_9:42 ; c . dat ., Joh_18:15-16 ( Rec ), Act_1:19 ; Act_2:14 ; Act_4:10 ; Act_13:38 ; Act_15:18 ; Act_19:17 ; Act_28:22 ; Act_28:28 ; γ . σημεῖο , one that is matter of knowledge, Act_4:16 ; γνωστὸν ποιεῖν , Act_15:17-18 ; τὸ γνωστὸν τ . θεοῦ , Rom_1:19 ; in pl ., as subst ., γνωστοί , acquaintances , Luk_2:44 ; Luk_23:49 ; so in sing ., Joh_18:16 ( WH )†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
γνωστός [page 130]
The late P Amh II. 145 .9 (iv/v A.D.) τὸ γνωστὸν τῆς πρὸς ἀλ [λήλο ]υς συνηθείας , the knowledge of our intimacy, may be taken as confirming, so far as it goes, the ordinary LXX and NT usage of γν̣ known rather than knowable in Rom_1:19 . For the rare use of the word as applied to persons ( Luk_2:44 ; Luk_23:49 , Joh_18:15 f. ) Abbott ( Fourfold Gospel , p. 362 ff.) prefers the strong rendering familiar friend ; but see contra J. B. Mayor Exp. VIII. vii. p. 79 ff. W. M. Ramsay ( Athenaeum , Sept. 7, 1912) cites a (iv/A.D.) inscription, Εὐδαίμων Γνωστοῦ υἱὸς τεκμορεύσας μετὰ τῶν ἰδίων θρεπτῶν Μηνὶ Ἀσκαηνῷ εὐχήν , where Gnostos the known might be a reminiscence of 1Co_8:2 .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
γνωστός [Etym: later form of γνωτός] "known, to be known", Aesch. , Soph. , Xen.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
γνωστός, -ή, -όν, later form of γνωστός
(γιγνώσκω), [in LXX for various parts of ידע ;]
known: Act.9:42; with dative, Jhn.18:15, 16 (Rec.), Act.1:19 2:14 4:10 13:38 15:18 19:17 28:22, 28; γ. σημεῖον, a notable (EV) sign, one that is matter of knowledge, Act.4:16; γνωστὸν, Act.15:17, 18; τὸ γνωστὸν θεοῦ, Rom.1:19; in pl., as subst., γνωστοί, acquaintances, Luk.2:44 23:49; so in sing., Jhn.18:16 (WH).†
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