adjective

agnōstos

Greekἄγνωστος (agnōstos)

Strong’sG57

unknown

stem agnōst-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

unknown1×

What it means

** ἄγνωστος, -ον

(< γινώσκω), [in LXX: Wi 11:18 18:3, II Mac 1:19 2:7 (Cremer, 157)*;]

unknown: Ac 17:23 (cf. MM, VGT, s.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G57 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidag'-noce-tos'

unknown

Fromfrom G1 (as negative particle) and G1110;

King Jamesunknown.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	agnōstos	agnōstas	agnōstem	agnōstois	agnōstais	agnōsteim
object accusative	agnōston	agnōstan		agnōstoin	agnōstain
direct address vocative	agnōstor	agnōstar		agnōstoir	agnōstair
of, belonging to genitive	agnōstou	agnōstau	agnōsteu	agnōstoiu	agnōstaiu	agnōsteiu
to, for dative	agnōsto1×Ἀγνώστῳ	agnōsta	agnōste	agnōstoi	agnōstai	agnōstei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

agnōststem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

agnōst is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

agnōsto“unknown”to, fordative singular1×

Acts 17:23“unknown”diercherōtos gar kai anatheōrarōtos teim sebasmeim vu heuriskama kai bōmon en ho epigrafitelē; Agnōsto theo. hem oun agnoarōtois eusebavō, houtem mis katangellamō vi.For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.