ἄγνοιαágnoia
ignorance: Acts 3:17, Acts 17:30, Ephesians 4:18, 1 Peter 1:14.
Greek (New Testament) · G52
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Acts 3:17 “Friends, I realize that what you and your leaders did to Jesus was done in ignorance.
- Acts 17:30 “God overlooked people’s ignorance about these things in earlier times, but now he commands everyone everywhere to repent of their sins and turn to him.
- Ephesians 4:18 Their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him.
- 1 Peter 1:14 So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.