52. agnoia
Strong's Lexicon
agnoia: Ignorance

Original Word: ἀγνοία
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: agnoia
Pronunciation: ag-no-ee'-ah
Phonetic Spelling: (ag'-noy-ah)
Definition: Ignorance
Meaning: ignorance, inadvertence, sometimes with the idea of willful blindness.

Word Origin: Derived from ἀγνοέω (agnoeō), meaning "to be ignorant" or "not to know."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with ignorance is "בּוּר" (bur), meaning "foolish" or "unlearned," though there is no direct one-to-one correspondence.

Usage: In the New Testament, "agnoia" refers to a lack of knowledge or understanding, often in a spiritual or moral context. It denotes a state of being uninformed or unaware, particularly regarding God's will or the truth of the Gospel. This ignorance can be due to a lack of exposure to the truth or a willful neglect of it.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, ignorance was often seen as a lack of education or enlightenment. In the Jewish context, ignorance could also imply a failure to understand or adhere to the Law of Moses. The early Christian writers used the term to describe the spiritual blindness of those who had not yet received or accepted the revelation of Jesus Christ.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from agnoeó
Definition
ignorance
NASB Translation
ignorance (4).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 52: ἄγνοια

ἄγνοια, (ας, (from Aeschylus down), want of knowledge, ignorance, especially of divine things: Acts 17:30; 1 Peter 1:14; such as is inexcusable, Ephesians 4:18 (Wis. 14:22); of moral blindness, Acts 3:17. (Cf. ἀγνοέω.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
ignorance.

From agnoeo; ignorance (properly, the quality) -- ignorance.

see GREEK agnoeo

Forms and Transliterations
αγνοια αγνοία άγνοια ἀγνοίᾳ αγνοιαν άγνοιαν ἄγνοιαν αγνοιας αγνοίας ἀγνοίας agnoia agnoíāi agnoian ágnoian agnoias agnoías
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Englishman's Concordance
Acts 3:17 N-AFS
GRK: ὅτι κατὰ ἄγνοιαν ἐπράξατε ὥσπερ
NAS: that you acted in ignorance, just
KJV: that through ignorance ye did [it], as
INT: that in ignorance you acted as

Acts 17:30 N-GFS
GRK: χρόνους τῆς ἀγνοίας ὑπεριδὼν ὁ
NAS: the times of ignorance, God
KJV: the times of this ignorance God
INT: times of ignorance having overlooked

Ephesians 4:18 N-AFS
GRK: διὰ τὴν ἄγνοιαν τὴν οὖσαν
NAS: because of the ignorance that is in them, because
KJV: through the ignorance that is
INT: on account of the ignorance which is

1 Peter 1:14 N-DFS
GRK: ἐν τῇ ἀγνοίᾳ ὑμῶν ἐπιθυμίαις
NAS: lusts [which were yours] in your ignorance,
KJV: in your ignorance:
INT: in the ignorance of you desires

Strong's Greek 52
4 Occurrences


ἀγνοίᾳ — 1 Occ.
ἄγνοιαν — 2 Occ.
ἀγνοίας — 1 Occ.















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