Strong's Greek · G50

ἀγνοέω

agnoéō

(be) ignorant(-ly), not know, not understand, unknown

Definition

not to know (through lack of information or intelligence); by implication, to ignore (through disinclination)

Derivation

from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G3539 (νοιέω);

Appears 22 times in Scripture

1 Corinthians 10:1

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.

Romans 2:4

Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?

Romans 1:13

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.

Romans 6:3

Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?

Romans 11:25

I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.

Mark 9:32

But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

Romans 10:3

Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

Acts 17:23

For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.

Luke 9:45

But they did not understand this statement. It was veiled from them so that they could not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

Romans 7:1

Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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