[b-greek] Re: ginwskw/gnosis

From: Mark Wilson (emory2oo2@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Sep 04 2001 - 00:13:13 EDT


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Valencia:

You asked:

----
>Is it correct that gnosis is the substitive for ginwskw? As in,
>ginwskw is
>the verb to know, and gnosis is the thing known.
-----

Yes. GNWSIS is a substantive, meaning "knowledge," or "that which is known." I suppose this would correspond to an active sense and passive sense.

You then asked:

---- Is there a substitive >for >the greek verb oida, like gnosis is for ginwskw? ----

OIDA comes from an old Greek root VID- ... from which we get "video." I believe the substantive for OIDA would be EIDOS. This word is found in the GNT meaning: appearance, that which strikes the eye.

Finally, you asked:

----- John never >used the substitive for ginwskw, is this correct? ----

I do not have a search engine. I am not aware of his using GNWSIS, but I can not speak to that.

Mark Wilson

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