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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ἄγνοιαG52
Pronunciationágnoia
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 Itignorance4×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 rowActs 3:17
Aligned rows4
Books represented3
Acts2Ephesians11 Peter1
Source forms
ἄγνοιαν2xagnoianActs 3:17, Ephesians 4:18
ἀγνοίᾳ1xagnoia1 Peter 1:14
ἀγνοίας1xagnoiasActs 17:30
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular2xActs 3:17, Ephesians 4:18
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular1x1 Peter 1:14
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1xActs 17:30
Evidence Summary
Greek word. ignorance (properly, the quality)
Strong'sG52
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms3 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
ignorance (properly, the quality)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 3:17Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἄγνοιανagnoian
ignorance
Read verseActs 17:30Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἀγνοίαςagnoiav
ignorance
Read verseEphesians 4:18Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἄγνοιανagnoian
ignorance
Read verse1 Peter 1:14Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἀγνοίᾳagnoia
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 patterns3Aligned forms4Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternSingular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · FeminineActs 17:301×
Dative · Singular · Feminine1 Pet 1:141×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineActs 3:17 · Eph 4:182×
Word Origins
ἄγνοια is built from this root: