p. 260 | KNOWETH | AdventAI

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 1, 1868

KNOWETH.

BRO. SMITH: Is the word “knoweth” in John vii, 15; 1 Cor. viii, 2; Mark xiii, 32; 2 Cor. xii, 3; Rev. ii, 17; and xiii, 12, translated from the same word in the Greek? Please answer in the REVIEW, and oblige. DONALD WARREN.

ANSWER. There are two words translated “knoweth” in the passages above referred to. In John vii, 15; Mark xiii, 32; 2 Cor. xii, 3; Rev. xii, 12, the word is, eido (εἴδω) which is defined “to see,” i. e., to discern with the eyes, to look at or upon, view, behold; met., to see, i. e., observe, take notice of; to see, i. e., come into the presence of any one, converse with, visit; to understand, comprehend, know; to be acquainted; to foreknow, foresee; to know how (to do a thing), to reflect upon, bear in mind, recollect; to concern one’s self about; to own, acknowledge (God), yield him reverence and worship.” It is the word which is translated “know” in 1 Cor. ii, 2, where the sense evidently is “to make known.”

In 1 Cor. viii, 2; and Rev. ii, 17, the word is ginōsko (γινώσκω) which is defined as follows: To know, have a knowledge of, be acquainted with, to be skilled (in anything), to perceive, feel, to learn, acquire a knowledge of, to inquire into, investigate (judicially), to distinguish, discern, to estimate, judge of, understand, comprehend, know the meaning of, perceive mentally; to know, be conscious of, to conclude, expect, be aware, think, consider, reflect upon; causative, to cause to know, teach.”