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Know: To perceive with certainty; To have full assurance of; to understand clearly; to have a clear and certain perception of truth, fact, or anything that exists. To know a thing includes all doubt or uncertainty of its existence. To be informed of; to be taught. It is not unusual for us to say we know things from information when we rely on the veracity of the informer. to; to be familiar. To learn. Proverbs 1:2. To acknowledge with due respect. 1 Thessalonians 5:2. To choose; to favor or take an interest in. Amos 3:10. To commit; to have.
Greek: eido [I’-do] oido from the same root as eido, "to see," "to have seen or perceived;" hence, "to know, to have knowledge of," whether absolutely, as in Divine knowledge, e.g., Matt. 6:8, 32; John 6:6, 64; John 8:14; John 11:42; John 13:11; John 18:4; 2 Cor. 11:31; 2 Pet. 2:9; Rev. 2:2, 9, 13, 19; Rev. 3:1, 8, 15; The differences between ginōskō and oida demand consideration: (a) ginōskō, frequently suggests inception or progress in "knowledge," while oida suggests fullness of "knowledge," e.g., John 8:55, "ye have not known Him" (ginōskō), i.e., begun to "know," "but I know Him" (oida), i.e., "know Him perfectly;" John 13:7, "What I do thou knowest not now," i.e. Peter did not yet perceive (oida) its significance, "but thou shalt understand," i.e., "get to know (ginōskō), hereafter;" John 14:7, "If ye had known Me" (ginōskō), i.e., "ye would have known My Father also" (oida), i.e., having unconsciously been coming to the Father, as the One who was in Him, they would now consciously be in the constant and progressive experience of "knowing" Him; in Mark 4:13, "Know ye not (oida) this parable? and how shall ye know (ginōskō) all the parables?" (RV), i.e., "Do ye not understand this parable? How shall ye come to perceive all …" the intimation being that the first parable is a leading and testing one; (b) while ginōskō frequently implies an active relation between the one who "knows" and the person or thing "known”. Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Old Testament and New Testament Words.
The two words being studied are oida and ginosko which are very much representative of ‘know’ but are used in very different ideas in the scripture. Oida would be the idea of fullness or completeness of knowledge, perhaps as an individual being born again and obtaining a knowledge of Jesus Christ, but we all know and understand the importance of growing in the knowing of the Lord Jesus as a gradual case which places ginosko in this category.
It would be much like being hired as a carpenter and the payroll reflects the same[oida]. He understands the idea of carpenter, what his role is, how he performs it, what can be accomplished with, the end results of the work of a carpenter but moving on to putting the use of the hands and feet to develop a working knowledge [ginosko] of the carpentry trade so that he can someday end up with the same results of the experienced carpenter. It may take several years to mature the ‘trade’ and is a very important ingredient in the “knowledge of carpenter”. This is the same idea as the knowledge of God and must go beyond the idea that He is your Lord and Savior [oida] and what He can do, to the use of this knowledge in your life [ginosko]. It is the pathway of moving to the Greek word epi-ginosko, which is a type of super knowledge or a place in the Kingdom whereby you know that you know that you know that God is a certain type of power being such as healer or wealth provider and it is a certainty in your life. Once we come into the Kingdom of God, the Father wants us to know the promises and the power of His majesty and the idea that He will never leave us or forsake us but will be with us, even to the end of the world. Hebrews 13:5 (MSG) Don't be obsessed with getting more material things. Be relaxed with what you have. Since God assured us, "I'll never let you down, never walk off and leave you."
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