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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πρόγνωσιςG4268
Pronunciationprógnōsis
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] foreknowledge1×1 Peter 1:2
foreknowledge1×Acts 2:23
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 2:23
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Acts11 Peter1
Source forms
προγνώσει1xprognōseiActs 2:23
πρόγνωσιν1xprognōsin1 Peter 1:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1x1 Peter 1:2
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular1xActs 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'sG4268
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkActs 2:14-41Source Gloss
forethought
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 2:23Noun Dative Singular Feminine
προγνώσειprognwsei
foreknowledge
Read verse1 Peter 1:2Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
πρόγνωσινprognwsin
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 patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · FeminineActs 2:231×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine1 Pet 1:21×
Selected Scripture Witness
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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