ἔγνως

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἔγνως

   EG-nôs

   you knew
2. sentence🔊 καὶ ἐδαφιοῦσίν σε καὶ τὰ τέκνα σου ἐν σοί καὶ οὐκ ἀφήσουσιν λίθον ἐπὶ λίθον ἐν σοί ἀνθʼ ὧν οὐκ ἔγνως τὸν καιρὸν τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς σου

   KAI e-da-phi-OU-SIN se KAI ta TEK-na sou en SOI KAI ouk a-PHÊ-sou-sin LI-thon e-PI LI-thon en SOI anth hÔN ouk EG-nôs ton kai-RON tÊS e-pi-sko-PÊS sou

   and they will dash down you and the children your in you and not they will leave stone upon stone in you because of which not you knew the time of the visitation your

Exegesis

The causal phrase anth hon {ἀνθʼ ὧν | anth hō̂n} ‘because of which’ introduces the reason clause, where the negated aorist verb egnōs {ἔγνως | égnōs} ‘you recognized’ governs the object phrase ton kairon tēs episkopēs sou {τὸν καιρόν τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς σου | tòn kairón tēs episkopḗs sou} ‘the time of your visitation’, with kairos indicating an appointed, critical moment and episkopēs denoting a deliberate visitation personalized by the genitive pronoun sou.

Root and etymology

ginōskō🔊 γινώσκωgamma–iota–nu–omega–sigma–kappa–omicron

“to know, recognize, perceive”

• 🔊 γνῶσιςgamma–nu–omega–sigma–iota–sigmaknowledge1 Corinthians 8:1
• 🔊 ἐπίγνωσιςepsilon–pi–iota–gamma–nu–omega–sigma–iota–sigmafull knowledgeColossians 1:9