γνῶσις, -εως, ἡ (γιγνώσκω), [in LXX chiefly for דַּעַת;] 1)
a seeking to know, inquiry, investigation. 2)
knowledge, in NT, specially of the kn. of spiritual truth: absol, Luk.11:52, Rom.2:20 15:14, 1Co.1:5 (Lft,
Notes, 147) 8:1, 7, 10, 11, 13:2, 8 14:6, 2Co.6:6 8:7 11:6, Eph.3:19, Col.2:3, 1Pe.3:7, 2Pe.1:5, 6; with genitive obj, σωτηρίας, Luk.1:77; τ. δόξης τ. θεοῦ, 2Co.4:6; τ. θεοῦ, 2Co.2:14 10:5; Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ, Php.3:8 (see Deiss,
LAE, 383.8), 2Pe.3:18; with genitive subjc, θεοῦ, Rom.11:33; λόγος γνώσεως, 1Co.12:8; ψευδωνύμου γνώσεως, 1Ti.6:20.
SYN.: σοφία, φρόνησις (cf. ἐπί-γνωσις and see Lft. on Col.2:3; Cremer, 156). (
AS)