What does ἄγνωστος (ágnōstos) mean in the Bible?
ἄγνωστος (ágnōstos): Unknown through lack of knowledge or acquaintance, not merely obscure or hidden.
Greek · G57
ἄγνωστος
Unknown
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ἄγνωστος G57
Pronunciation ágnōstos
What does ἄγνωστος (ágnōstos) mean in the Bible?
ἄγνωστος (ágnōstos): Unknown through lack of knowledge or acquaintance, not merely obscure or hidden.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G57?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include TO AN UNKNOWN (1).
Where does ἄγνωστος (ágnōstos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 17:23. Its strongest book concentrations include 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 TO AN UNKNOWN 1× Acts 17:23
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 17:23
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Acts 1
Source forms
ΑΓΝΩΣΤΩ 1x AGNŌSTŌ Acts 17:23
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 17:23
Evidence Summary
Revelation
Greek word. Unknown through lack of knowledge or acquaintance, not merely obscure or hidden.
Strong's G57
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 17:22-31 Source Gloss
unknown
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Unknown through lack of knowledge or acquaintance, not merely obscure or hidden.
(γινώσκω), [in LXX: Wis.11:18 18:3, 2Ma.1:19 2:7 (Cremer, 157) * ;] unknown: Act.17:23 (cf. MM, VGT, see word).
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.
Acts 17:23 Adjective Dative Singular Masculine
Ἀγνώστῳ agnwstw
unknown
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 Dative (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · Masculine Acts 17:23 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
New Testament Witnesses
Not known or unrecognized.
Word Origins
ἄγνωστος is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Frames the transition from ignorance to revealed truth. Acts 17:22-31
Canonical Themes
Revelation
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