Quick Definition
πρόγνωσις, εως, ἡ n.f. foreknowledge
Strong's Definition
forethought
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | γινώσκω
28.6 · Know · Know
to know beforehand, to know already, to have foreknowledge to know about something prior to some temporal reference point, for example, to know about an event before it happens
1 1PE 1:2 One should not understand πρόγνωσις in 1PE 1:2 as being merely equivalent to ἐκλεκτοῖς (see 30.93).
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πρό-γνωσις, -ews, 71, (Tpoywacka) ; 1. foreknowledge: Judith ix. 6; xi. 19, (Plut., Leian., Hdian.). 2. forethought, pre-arrangement, (see mpoBdérw) : 1 Pet. i. 2; Acts ii. 23, [but ef. προγινώσκω, and see Mey.on Acts l.c.].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πρόγνωσις prognōsis 2x
foreknowledge; in NT previous determination, purpose, Acts 2:23; 1 Pet. 1:2*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
**† πρό-γνωσις, -εως, ἡ
(< προγινώσκω), [in LXX: Jth 9:6 11:19*;]
foreknowledge: Ac 2:23, I Pe 1:2.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πρόγνωσις. For πρόγνωσις, “ foreknowledge,” as in Ac 253, cf. the magical P Lond 121°% (iii/a.p.) (=I. p. 94) εἰς πρόγνωσιν κρειώ (/. κριός), ““ for foreknowledge Arzes (the ram).” In 1 Pet 12 Hort ad Δ. understands πρόγνωσις as ‘‘foreknowledge” of a person not so much in himself, as in relation to a function: see also s.v. προγιγνώσκω. IIpoγνώστης occurs in P Lond 46*°(iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 78) μοιρῶν προγνώστης.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πρόγνωσις (prognōsis) — foreknowledge. πρό-γνωσις, εως, ἡ, foreknowledge, [LXX+NT]
II. perceiving beforehand, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II. b in Medicine texts, prognosis of diseases, Κῳακαὶ π. title of work by [Refs 5th c.BC+]; title of work by Democritus.
III. prediction, [Refs 1st c.BC+]