ἐπι-γινώσκω
[in LXX chiefly for נָכַר: hi., also for יָדַע, etc.;]
"directive" of γινώσκω (AR, Eph., 249), as in cl.;
1. to observe, perceive, discern, recognize;
(a) absol.: Ac 25:10, I Co 13:12; seq. ὅτι, Lk 1:22; τ. πνεύματι, seq. ὅτι, Mk 2:8;
(b) c. acc rei: Lk 1:45:22, Ac 12:1427:39, Ro 1:32, II Co 1:13, Col 1:6, I Ti 4:3; ἐν ἐαυτῷ, Mk 5:30; seq. ὅτι, I Co 14:37;
(c) c. acc pers.: Mt 11:2714:3517:12, Mk 6:33 (T, αὐτούς, but LTr., WH, R, omit the pron., and LTr., WH, txt., read ἔγνωσαν), ib. 54, Lk 24:16, 31, I Co 16:18, II Co 1:14; seq. ἀπό, c. gen. rei, Mt 7:16, 20; seq. ὅτι, Ac 3:104:13, II Co 13:5; pass., I Co 13:12; opp. to ἀγνοούμενοι, II Co 6:9.
2. to discover, ascertain, determine: Ac 9:30; seq. ὅτι, Lk 7:3723:7, Ac 19:3422:2924:1128:1; c. acc rei, seq. quæst., Ac 23:28; δι’ ἣν αἰτίαν, Ac 22:24; παρά, c. gen. pers., seq. περί, c. gen. rei, Ac 24:8; τ. ὁδὸν τῆς δικαιοσύνης, II Pe 2:21 (cf. Lft., Col., 136; Cremer, 159; M, Pr., 113; AR, Eph., 248 ff.).†