γνωστός

From the root of γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “to know”) +‎ -στός (-stós). A later variant form of γνωτός (gnōtós).

γνωστός • (gnōstós) m (feminine γνωστή, neuter γνωστόν); first/second declension

1. known

• New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 9:42:

  γνωστὸν δὲ ἐγένετο καθ’ ὅλης τῆς Ἰόππης, καὶ πολλοὶ ἐπίστευσαν ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον.

  gnōstòn dè egéneto kath’ hólēs tês Ióppēs, kaì polloì epísteusan epì tòn Kúrion.

  • Translation by KJV

    And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.

• γνωστικός (gnōstikós)

• Greek: γνωστός (gnostós)

• γνωστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γνωστός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• γνωστός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “γνωστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G1110 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • familiar idem, page 305.
  • knowable idem, page 471.
  • well-known idem, page 974.

From Ancient Greek γνωστός (gnōstós), from γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “I know”).

γνωστός • (gnostós) m (feminine γνωστή, neuter γνωστό)

1. known, familiar

   Synonyms: γνωστός (gnostós), γνώριμος (gnórimos)

   Antonym: άγνωστος (ágnostos)

• see: γνωρίζω (gnorízo, “to know”)

γνωστός • (gnostós) m (plural γνωστοί)

1. acquaintance, a person whom one knows; a familiar

• άγνωστος (ágnostos)