#67 · 222× in the NT · verb

γινώσκω

I know, I come to know

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In the NT

  • γινώσκω τὰ ἐμὰ καὶ γινώσκουσί με τὰ ἐμά

    I know my own and my own know me

    John 10:14 · dictionary form

  • ὁ κόσμος αὐτὸν οὐκ ἔγνω

    the world did not know him

    John 1:10 · 3sg aorist

  • αὕτη δέ ἐστιν ἡ αἰώνιος ζωὴ ἵνα γινώσκωσιν σὲ

    this is eternal life, that they may know you

    John 17:3 · 3pl present subjunctive

Morphology

Present active indicative, 1sg · ω-verb

Principal parts: γινώσκω, γνώσομαι, ἔγνων, ἔγνωκα, ἔγνωσμαι, ἐγνώσθην. Aorist ἔγνων is athematic.

Aorist ἔγνων / ἔγνω (athematic). Present γινώσκω is process/coming-to-know; οἶδα is the state of knowing. They overlap but are not the same verb.

Further reading

Mounce pages are the 4th edition (2019 hardcover). Smyth 1920 is public domain. Hildebrandt pages follow the free 2019 CLI PDF.