What does ἄγνοια (ágnoia) mean in the Bible?
ἄγνοια (ágnoia) is a Greek word meaning "ignorance (properly, the quality)".
Greek · G52
ἄγνοια
Ignorance (properly, the quality)
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ἄγνοια G52
Pronunciation ágnoia
What does ἄγνοια (ágnoia) mean in the Bible?
ἄγνοια (ágnoia) is a Greek word meaning "ignorance (properly, the quality)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G52?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include ignorance (4).
Where does ἄγνοια (ágnoia) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 3:17. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), 1 Peter (1), Ephesians (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 ignorance 4× Acts 3:17, Acts 17:30, Ephesians 4:18, 1 Peter 1:14
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 3:17
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Acts 2 Ephesians 1 1 Peter 1
Source forms
ἄγνοιαν 2x agnoian Acts 3:17, Ephesians 4:18
ἀγνοίᾳ 1x agnoia 1 Peter 1:14
ἀγνοίας 1x agnoias Acts 17:30
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 2x Acts 3:17, Ephesians 4:18
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x 1 Peter 1:14
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Acts 17:30
Evidence Summary
Greek word. ignorance (properly, the quality)
Strong's G52
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
ignorance (properly, the quality)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 3:17 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἄγνοιαν agnoian
ignorance
Read verse Acts 17:30 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἀγνοίας agnoiav
ignorance
Read verse Ephesians 4:18 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἄγνοιαν agnoian
ignorance
Read verse 1 Peter 1:14 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἀγνοίᾳ agnoia
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 3 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 3 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Acts 17:30 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine 1 Pet 1:14 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Acts 3:17 · Eph 4:18 2×
Word Origins
ἄγνοια 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