noun · masculine

gnōstos

Greekγνώστης (gnōstēs)

Strong’sG1109

one who knows, an expert

stem gnōst-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

acquainted1×

What it means

γνώστης, -ου, ὁ

(< γιγνώσκω), [in LXX chiefly for יִדְּעֹנִי;]

one who knows, an expert: Ac 26:3.†

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

Strong’s G1109 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidgnoce'-tace

a knower

Fromfrom G1097;

King Jamesexpert.

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	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	gnōstos	gnōstois
object accusative	gnōston1×γνώστην	gnōstoin
direct address vocative	gnōstor	gnōstoir
of, belonging to genitive	gnōstou	gnōstoiu
to, for dative	gnōsto	gnōstoi

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

gnōststem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

gnōsto 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

Words built on the same stem

gnōstos — γνωστός, known, an acquaintance

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

gnōston“acquainted”objectaccusative singular1×

Acts 26:3“acquainted”malista gnōston arōton sin panteiu teiu kata Ioudaioin etheiu tē kai zētēmeiu; dio demō makrothumōs akouara mu.especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently.