Quick Definition
ἀνάγνωσις, εως, ἡ n.f. reading
Strong's Definition
from 314; (the act of) reading
KJV Usage: reading
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | γινώσκω
33.68 · Communication · Written Language
to read, reading to read something written, normally done aloud and thus involving verbalization In areas where literacy is a relatively new factor in the culture, idiomatic expressions are often employed for reading, for example, ‘to let paper speak’ or ‘to mouth the marks on paper’ or ‘to see speech.’
1 ἀναγινώσκω and ἀνάγνωσις are placed in this subdomain as a type of semantic converse of γράφω (33.61) and related terms meaning ‘to write.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνά-γνωσις, -ews, 7, (ἀναγινώσκω, q. γ.}}; a. a knowing again, owning. Ὁ. reading, [fr. Plato on]: Acts xiii. 15; 2 Co. iii. 14; 1 Tim. iv. 13. (Neh. viii. 8 i. q. R p>)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀνάγνωσις anagnōsis 3x
reading, Acts 13:15; 2 Cor. 3:14; 1 Tim. 4:13*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀνά-γνωσις, -εως, ἡ
[in LXX: Ne 8:8 (מִקְרָא), I Es 9:48, Sir prol. 9, 13*;]
recognition (Hdt.).
reading (Plat., al.): of the public reading of Scripture (Milligan, NTD, 173, 210 f.): Ac 13:15, II Co 3:14, I Ti 4:13 (Cremer, 158; MM, VGT, s.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀνάγνωσις. Syil 55281 (Magnesia, late ii/B.c.) ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ποιήσωνται τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν [αὐ]τοῦ καθότι προστέτακται: several instances might be quoted from 11|Ὰ.1». in the normal sense of ‘‘yeading.” In P Tebt I. 61 (4) (B.c. 118-7) we have the survival of an earlier meaning: ἐπὶ τῆς ἀναγνώ[σ]ε[ὡς] τῆς κα[τ]ὰ [pv]AAfov γε]ωμετρίας, ‘Sat the revision of the survey of the crops” (Edd.). avayo. The use of &. in Ac 12 finds a ready parallel in Sy// 36674 (i/A.D.) ἀναχθέντα εἰς τὸν δῆμον ἐὰν μὲν πολείτης ἦ, ἀποξενοῦσθαι. For the meaning ‘‘ restore,” ‘‘ bring back,” cf. P Par 10! τοῦτον ὃς dv ἀναγάγῃ, with reference to a runaway slave, and Wilcken’s restoration (Archiv iv. p. 548) of P πελον] of bringing back certain arouras to use as a vineyard. See the editor's note on P Oxy VII. 10328 (A.p. 162) ἀνήξαμεν κτλ. ‘we converted out of our own ancient plots . . . gg ofan aroura of vine-land,” and 24. IV. 70723 (c. A.D. 136) γῆν ἀνάξαι ἀμπέλῳ. (On the vulgar Ist aor. see above under ἄγω.) P Flor II. 1345 (A.D. 260) ἵν[α] τὸ ἀναγόμενον ἐν Βουβάστῳ κτημάτιον ὑποσχισθῇ, is rendered by Comparetti ““perche la terra aunessa in Bubasto venga dissodata.” Syil 936° καὶ καταβαλέτω Tap πεντηκοστὰν π[ρὶ]ν ἀνάγειν τι ἢ πωλεῖν seems to mean ‘‘ before he brings (the merchandise) into the town or sells it,” Δ δ. ‘* bring up” from the landing stage. The familiar use of ἀνάγειν for ‘ putting out to sea” is found in BGU IV. 1200! (B.c. 1) τοῦ τὴν πρόσοδον ἀνηγμένου εἰς ᾿Ιταλίαν, modified in a transitive direction. For its sacrificial use (as in Ac 74) cf. OGIS 76447 (c. B.C. 127) ἀναγαγὼν ἐκ τοῦ ἰδίου ταύρους δύο καὶ καλλιερή[σας κτλ : so elsewhere in this inscr. (= Cagnat IV. 294).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀνάγνωσις (anagnōsis) — reading. ἀνάγν-ωσις, εως, ἡ, recognition, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. reading, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. b reading aloud, [NT+5th c.BC+]: in plural, public readings, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. Grammars, in textual criticism, reading, ἡ Ἀριστάρχειος ἀ.[Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III. ={πραγματεία}, [Refs 6th c.AD+]
IV. persuasion, [Refs 5th c.BC+]