Lexicon
οἶδα
oida
G6063
G:V Greek

to know

296
Occurrences
25
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Greek
Language

oida denotes having, lacking, or seeking assured awareness of facts, persons, events, and proper conduct.

The verb most often marks awareness or certainty about stated facts, conditions, and expected events; it can also concern knowing a person or God and, less often, knowing how to carry out a responsibility. Its negated forms mark lack of awareness, uncertainty, or failure to recognize what is happening.

Senses in use

  1. Awareness or certainty about facts and events · dominant

    The forms introduce what speakers or hearers are expected to recognize: in 1 Corinthians 3:16 the APB renders a question about being God's temple, while in Acts 20:29 it renders certainty about fierce wolves coming after departure. In 2 Corinthians 12:2, the repeated first-person form marks what the speaker knows and does not know about the man's being in or outside the body.

  2. Knowing a person or God · occasional

    The term is used with personal objects or identities. In 2 Timothy 1:12 the APB renders confidence concerning the one believed, and in 1 Thessalonians 4:5 it describes Gentiles who do not know God; 2 Thessalonians 1:8 likewise speaks of those who do not know God.

  3. Knowing how to act or manage · rare

    In 1 Timothy 3:5, the third-person form concerns knowing how to manage one's own household, with care for the assembly set as the consequence. In 1 Timothy 3:15, the second-person subjunctive is tied to knowing how one ought to conduct oneself in God's household.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB commonly uses “know,” including negated and interrogative clauses, and once renders the realization in Acts 12:11 as “Now I know for certain.” Its English wording only confirms the clause-level presentation of awareness or uncertainty.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture