ἐπιγινώσκω
How the KJV Renders It
TranslationStrong’s lists the renderings but not their weight. These are counted from the King James text of the tagged verses — the bar under each is how often the translators actually reached for it. Select one to filter the occurrences below.
Grammatical Forms
MorphologyIn the Greek New Testament, this word appears as a verb across 44 occurrences, inflected in 22 grammatical forms — each row is one form, and the bar is how often it is that form. Select any form to read what each part of its name means, and to filter the occurrence list to it. These are this word’s own inflections, not words built from it — for those, see Related Words.
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ἐπιγνόντες
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Participle
- A verbal adjective — describes while carrying the verb's action.
- Nominative
- The subject of the verb.
- Plural
- More than one.
- Masculine
- Masculine grammatical gender.
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ἐπιγνοὺς
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Participle
- A verbal adjective — describes while carrying the verb's action.
- Nominative
- The subject of the verb.
- Singular
- One.
- Masculine
- Masculine grammatical gender.
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ἐπέγνωσαν
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Plural
- More than one.
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ἐπιγνῶναι
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Infinitive
- The verb as a noun — "to do".
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ἐπιγνώσεσθε
- Future
- Action yet to take place.
- Middle Deponent
- Middle in form but active in meaning.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 2nd
- Second person — the one addressed ("you").
- Plural
- More than one.
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ἐπεγίνωσκον
- Imperfect
- Ongoing or repeated action in the past — "was doing".
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Plural
- More than one.
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ἐπέγνωτε
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- 2nd
- Second person — the one addressed ("you").
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- Plural
- More than one.
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ἐπιγνοῦσα
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Participle
- A verbal adjective — describes while carrying the verb's action.
- Nominative
- The subject of the verb.
- Singular
- One.
- Feminine
- Feminine grammatical gender.
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ἐπιγινώσκετε·
- Present
- Action in progress or repeated — happening now or continually.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 2nd
- Second person — the one addressed ("you").
- Plural
- More than one.
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ἐπιγινώσκει
- Present
- Action in progress or repeated — happening now or continually.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Singular
- One.
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ἐπέγνωμεν
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 1st
- First person — the speaker ("I"/"we").
- Plural
- More than one.
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ἐπιγνοῦσιν
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Participle
- A verbal adjective — describes while carrying the verb's action.
- Dative
- The indirect object — often "to" or "for".
- Plural
- More than one.
- Masculine
- Masculine grammatical gender.
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ἐπιγνῷς
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- 2nd
- Second person — the one addressed ("you").
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Subjunctive
- Possibility or purpose — "might", "should".
- Singular
- One.
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ἐπιγνῷ
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Subjunctive
- Possibility or purpose — "might", "should".
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Singular
- One.
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ἐπεγνώσθην
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Passive
- The subject is acted upon.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 1st
- First person — the speaker ("I"/"we").
- Singular
- One.
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ἐπιγνώσομαι
- Future
- Action yet to take place.
- Middle Deponent
- Middle in form but active in meaning.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 1st
- First person — the speaker ("I"/"we").
- Singular
- One.
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ἐπεγνωκέναι
- Perfect
- A completed act whose results continue.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Infinitive
- The verb as a noun — "to do".
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ἐπεγνωκόσιν
- Perfect
- A completed act whose results continue.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Participle
- A verbal adjective — describes while carrying the verb's action.
- Dative
- The indirect object — often "to" or "for".
- Plural
- More than one.
- Masculine
- Masculine grammatical gender.
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ἐπιγινώσκετε
- Present
- Action in progress or repeated — happening now or continually.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Imperative
- A command or entreaty.
- 2nd
- Second person — the one addressed ("you").
- Plural
- More than one.
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ἐπιγινωσκέτω
- Present
- Action in progress or repeated — happening now or continually.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Imperative
- A command or entreaty.
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Singular
- One.
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ἐπιγινώσκεις·
- Present
- Action in progress or repeated — happening now or continually.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 2nd
- Second person — the one addressed ("you").
- Singular
- One.
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ἐπιγινωσκόμενοι
- Present
- Action in progress or repeated — happening now or continually.
- Passive
- The subject is acted upon.
- Participle
- A verbal adjective — describes while carrying the verb's action.
- Nominative
- The subject of the verb.
- Plural
- More than one.
- Masculine
- Masculine grammatical gender.
Biblical Distribution
DistributionAppears in 38 verses across 10 of the 27 books. Most frequent in Acts (11 verses); never once in the other 17.
Every Occurrence
ConcordanceEvery verse where the word is tagged in the King James text. Filter by book, by the English word the translators chose, by grammatical form, or search within the verses.
Sources. Definition and numbering: James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890). Morphology: STEPBible / Tyndale House (CC BY). Verse tagging: the King James text keyed to Strong’s numbers. Every count on this page is computed from the tagged corpus, not estimated.