γνωρίζω

γνωρίζω — gnōrízō

γνωρίζω; future γνωρίσω (Joh 17:26; Eph 6:21; Col 4:7), Attic γνωριῶ (Col 4:9 (L WH γνωρίσω; Buttmann, 37 (32); WH's Appendix, p. 163)); 1 aorist ἐγνώρισα; passive (present γνωρίζομαι); 1 aorist ἐγνωρίσθην; in Greek writings from Aeschylus down (see at the end); the Sept. for הודִיעַ and Chaldean הודַע;

1. transitive, to make known: τί, Rom 9:22 f; τί τίνι, Luk 2:15; Joh 15:15; Joh 17:26; Act 2:28; 2Co 8:1; Eph 3:5; Eph 3:10 (passive in these two examples); Eph 6:21; Col 4:7; Col 4:9; 2Pe 1:16; τίνι τό μυστήριον, Eph 1:9; Eph 3:3 (G L T Tr WH read the passive);; τίνι ὅτι, 1Co 12:3; τίνι τί, ὅτι equivalent to τίνι ὅτι τί, Gal 1:11; followed by τί interrogative Col 1:27; περί τίνος, Luk 2:17 L T Tr WH; γνωριζέσθω πρός τόν Θεόν be brought to the knowledge of God, Php 4:6; γνωρίζεσθαι εἰς πάντα τά ἔθνη to be made known unto all the nations, Rom 16:26; contextually and emphatically equivalent to to recall to one's mind, as though what is made known had escaped him, 1Co 15:1; with the accusative of person ((Plutarch, Fab. Max. 21, 6)), in passive, to become known, be recognized: Act 7:13 Tr text WH text.

2. intransitive, to know: τί αἱρήσομαι, οὐ γνωρίζω, Php 1:22 (WH marginal reading punctuate τί αἱρήσομαι; οὐ γνωρίζω; some refer this to 1 (R. V. marginal reading I do not make known), cf. Meyer at the passage In earlier Greek γνωρίζω signifies either 'to gain a knowledge of,' or 'to have thorough knowledge of.' Its later (and N. T.) causative force seems to be found only in Aeschylus Prom. 487; cf. Schmidt vol. i., p. 287; Lightfoot on Philippians, the passage cited Compare: ἀναγνωρίζω, διαγνωρίζω).