What does πρόγνωσις (prógnōsis) mean in the Bible?
πρόγνωσις (prógnōsis): God's advance knowledge of events and persons, grounding divine sovereignty in predetermined awareness rather than arbitrary decree.
Greek · G4268
πρόγνωσις
Forethought
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πρόγνωσις G4268
Pronunciation prógnōsis
What does πρόγνωσις (prógnōsis) mean in the Bible?
πρόγνωσις (prógnōsis): God's advance knowledge of events and persons, grounding divine sovereignty in predetermined awareness rather than arbitrary decree.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4268?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [the] foreknowledge (1), foreknowledge (1).
Where does πρόγνωσις (prógnōsis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 2:23. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (1), Acts (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [the] foreknowledge 1× 1 Peter 1:2
foreknowledge 1× Acts 2:23
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 2:23
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Acts 1 1 Peter 1
Source forms
προγνώσει 1x prognōsei Acts 2:23
πρόγνωσιν 1x prognōsin 1 Peter 1:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x 1 Peter 1:2
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Acts 2:23
Evidence Summary
Greek word. God's advance knowledge of events and persons, grounding divine sovereignty in predetermined awareness rather than arbitrary decree.
Strong's G4268
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 2:14-41 Source Gloss
forethought
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 2:23 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
προγνώσει prognwsei
foreknowledge
Read verse 1 Peter 1:2 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
πρόγνωσιν prognwsin
foreknowledge
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · Feminine Acts 2:23 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine 1 Pet 1:2 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
God’s prior, sovereign knowledge and determination.
Showing 1 selected witness from 2 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
πρόγνωσις is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Jesus’ death was not accidental but part of God’s eternal plan, reinforcing confidence in divine sovereignty. Acts 2:14-41
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain