What does ἀγνόημα (agnóēma) mean in the Bible?
ἀγνόημα (agnóēma): Sin committed unwittingly through ignorance, distinguishable from deliberate transgression
Greek · G51
ἀγνόημα
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ἀγνόημα G51
Pronunciation agnóēma
What does ἀγνόημα (agnóēma) mean in the Bible?
ἀγνόημα (agnóēma): Sin committed unwittingly through ignorance, distinguishable from deliberate transgression
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How does the BSB render G51?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include sins the people had committed in ignorance (1).
Where does ἀγνόημα (agnóēma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 9:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (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 sins the people had committed in ignorance 1× Hebrews 9:7
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Usage map
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First aligned row Hebrews 9:7
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Hebrews 1
Source forms
ἀγνοημάτων 1x agnoēmatōn Hebrews 9:7
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural 1x Hebrews 9:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Sin committed unwittingly through ignorance, distinguishable from deliberate transgression
Strong's G51
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
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Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Sin committed unwittingly through ignorance, distinguishable from deliberate transgression
(ἀγνοέω), [in LXX: Gen.43:12 (מִשְׁגֶּה), Tob.3:3, Jdth.5:20, Sir.23:2 51:19, 1Ma.13:39 * ;] a sin of ignorance (so in π.; see MM, VGT, see word): Heb.9:7.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Hebrews 9:7 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
ἀγνοημάτων· agnohmatwn
an offence committed through ignorance
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Genitive (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Heb 9:7 1×
Word Origins
ἀγνόημα is built from this root:
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