γνῶσις, -εως, ἡ
(< γιγνώσκω), [in LXX chiefly for דַּעַת;]
1. a seeking to know, inquiry, investigation.
2. knowledge, in NT, specially of the kn. of spiritual truth: absol., Lk 11:52, Ro 2:2015:14, I Co 1:5 (Lft., Notes, 147) 8:1, 7, 10, 11, 13:2, 814:6, II Co 6:68:711:6, Eph 3:19, Col 2:3, I Pe 3:7, II Pe 1:5, 6; c. gen. obj., σωτηρίας, Lk 1:77; τ. δόξης τ. θεοῦ, II Co 4:6; τ. θεοῦ, II Co 2:1410:5; Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ, Phl 3:8 (v. Deiss., LAE, 3838), II Pe 3:18; c. gen. subjc., θεοῦ, Ro 11:33; λόγος γνώσεως, I Co 12:8; ψευδωνύμου γνώσεως, I Ti 6:20.†
SYN.: σοφία, φρόνησις (cf. ἐπί-γνωσις and v. Lft. on Col 2:3; Cremer, 156).