"to make known, reveal, declare, Jn. 15:15; 17:26, et al.; to know, Phil. 1:22"
Definition and meaning
to make known, reveal, declare, Jn. 15:15; 17:26, et al.; to know, Phil. 1:22
In the original Greek the word is written: γνωρίζω
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of gnorizo (G1107) across the King James Bible.
And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
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Common questions
Strong's G1107 (gnorizo) is a Greek word that means: to make known, reveal, declare, Jn. 15:15; 17:26, et al.; to know, Phil. 1:22 It appears 23 times in the King James Bible.
The word gnorizo (G1107) appears 23 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G1107 is gnorizo, a Greek word defined as: to make known, reveal, declare, Jn. 15:15; 17:26, et al.; to know, Phil. 1:22. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
gnorizo is a Greek word found in the New Testament.