Lexicon
γνωρίζω
gnōrizō
G1107
G:V Greek

to make known

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Gnorizo is used for bringing news, instruction, requests, or previously hidden matters into another's awareness.

The verb describes making information or matters known to others: speakers communicate gospel teaching, reports, requests, and declarations, while God makes his will, wisdom, power, and previously hidden matters known. The same usage can appear in active forms for a person communicating something and passive forms for something becoming known.

Senses in use

  1. Bringing matters into another's awareness · dominant

    Active forms identify a speaker or messenger communicating material to recipients: in 1 Corinthians 15:1 the APB renders the speaker's presentation of the gospel as "I make known to you," and in Colossians 4:7 Tychicus is said to report matters concerning the writer. The term also occurs for declarations about the child in Luke 2:17, requests presented to God in Philippians 4:6, and mysteries or divine matters disclosed in Ephesians 1:9 and Ephesians 3:3.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly uses "make known" or "made known" for the relevant clauses, including reports, gospel proclamation, and disclosed mysteries. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, its wording should not be treated as a separate lexical distinction.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture