ἐπίγνωσις

ἐπίγνωσις — epígnōsis

ἐπίγνωσις, ἐπιγνώσεως, ἡ (ἐπιγινώσκω, which see (cf. also Lightfoot on Col 1:9; Trench, § 75 at the end)), precise and correct knowledge; used in the N. T. of the knowledge of things ethical and divine: absolutely, Php 1:9; Col 3:10; κατ' ἐπίγνωσιν, Rom 10:2; with the genitive of the thing known, Col 1:9; Col 2:2; Phm 1:6; τῆς ἀληθείας, 1Ti 2:4; 2Ti 2:25; 2Ti 3:7; Tit 1:1; Heb 10:26; τῆς ἁμαρτίας, Rom 3:20; with the genitive of the person known; — of God, especially the knowledge of his holy will and of the blessings which he has bestowed and constantly bestows on men through Christ: Eph 1:17; Col 1:10; 2Pe 1:2; of Christ, i. e. the true knowledge of Christ's nature, dignity, benefits: Eph 4:13; 2Pe 1:8; 2Pe 2:20; of God and Christ: 2Pe 1:2; Θεόν ἔχειν ἐν ἐπιγνώσει i. e. to keep the knowledge of the one true God which has illumined the soul, Rom 1:28. (Polybius, Plutarch, Herodian, (others); the Sept. occasionally for דַּעַת; 2Ma 9:11.)