γινώσκω ginṓskō
Meaning
to "know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed)
In the King James Version: allow, be aware (of), feel, (have) know(-ledge), perceived, be resolved, can speak, be sure, understand
Derivation: a prolonged form of a primary verb;
Where it is used
- 1 John 2:3 By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
- 1 John 2:4 If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
- 1 John 2:5 But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:
- 1 John 2:13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.
- 1 John 2:14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
- 1 John 2:18 Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.
- 1 John 2:29 If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
- 1 John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
- 1 John 3:6 No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.
- 1 John 3:16 By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
- 1 John 3:19 And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:
- 1 John 3:20 Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.
- 1 John 3:24 Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.
- 1 John 4:2 By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
- 1 John 4:6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.
- 1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
- 1 John 4:8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
- 1 John 4:13 By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.
- 1 John 4:16 And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
- 1 John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.
- 1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
- 2 John 1:1 The elder, To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I alone, but also all who know the truth—
- Revelation 2:23 Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
- Revelation 2:24 But I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned the so-called deep things of Satan: I will place no further burden upon you
- Revelation 3:3 Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.
- Revelation 3:9 As for those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead, I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.