- ἄγνοια
- ἄγνοια, ας, ἡ (since Aeschyl. and Thu. 8, 92, 11; ins, pap, LXX, Test12Patr, JosAs; EpArist 130; Philo; Jos., Bell. 4, 29, Ant. 18, 335, C. Ap. 1, 73; Just.; Tat. 7, 3; ἀγνοιῶν14, 1; Ath.; Mel. HE 4, 26, 10)① in a gener. sense lack of information about someth., ignorance (Aeschyl. et al.) as v.l. for ἀγνωσία=ignorant talk 1 Pt 2:15 P72. But this may belong equally in 2.② spec. lack of information that may result in reprehensible conduct, ignorance, unawareness, lack of discernment (opp. συνείδησις, γνῶσις, ἐπιστήμη, σοφία). In our lit., of unwareness in relation to deity or of unintentional or involuntary (as opposed to deliberate [cp. Jos., Ant. 11, 130; Philo, Leg. All. 1, 35]) moral lapses. (Cp. Steinleitner ins 14, 3 of one who was unaware that the grove in which he felled trees was sacred to deities; for an OT perspective s. Ps. 18:12 and cp. TestGad 5:7 μετάνοια ἀναιρεῖ τὴν ἄ.).ⓐ of those who condemned Jesus κατὰ ἄγνοιαν ἐπράξατε you acted in ignorance=you were unaware of what you were doing Ac 3:17 (Polyb. 12, 12, 4; κατʼ ἄ. παραπαίειν; Parthenius 9, 8; Plut., Mor. 551e; POxy 237 VIII, 36; BGU 619, 4) ἄχρι τῆς ἀγνοίας as long as he knows nothing of it Hm 4, 1, 5; PtK 2 p. 14, 11; 3 p. 15, 26.—1 Pt 2:15 P72 (s. 1 above).ⓑ almost=sin (so LXX, e.g. Sir 23:3 [in parallelism with ἁμαρτίαι]; 28:7; PsSol 3:8; TestLevi 3:5; TestZeb 1:5; Philo, Ebr. 154ff; cp. Pla., Tht. 176c; Stoic. III, p. 65, 20; Diod S 14, 1, 3 τ. ἰδίαν ἄγνοιαν=one’s own mistaken conduct; Epict. 1, 26, 6; Herm. Wr. 13, 8; 11, 21 ἡ τελεία κακία τὸ ἀγνοεῖν τὸ θεῖον, also 10, 9; PTebt 24, 33 [II B.C.] of evildoers: λήγοντες τῆς ἀγνοίας.—Diod S 4, 11, 2 ἄ. is the “delusion” that drove Heracles to commit murder) IEph 19:3. Of the times when people did not know God τοὺς χρόνους τῆς ἀγνοίας Ac 17:30 (TestGad 5:7 μετάνοια ἀναιρεῖ τὴν ἄ). διὰ τὴν ἄγνοιαν (Diod S 11, 10, 2; SIG 904, 6; cp. Alex. Aphr., Fat. 19, II/2 p. 189, 16 διʼ ἄγνοιαν ἁμαρτάνειν); Eph 4:18. ἐν τῇ ἀγνοίᾳ ὑμῶν 1 Pt 1:14 (some find gnostic usage in the three NT passages cited); 2:15 v.l. (for ἀγνωσία). ἄ. προτέρα Hs 5, 7, 3. The pl. as v.l. for ἀπάταις 2 Pt 2:13.—LCerfaux, RAC I, 186–88. DELG s.v. γιγνώσκω 225. M-M. TW. Sv.
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