Back in August, I wrote the blog An oracle within. It was about the Greek word epignosis. Here is a short quote on epignosis. It is the word “knowledge” in 2 Peter 3:18.
“Epignosis is a strengthened or intensified form of ‘gnosis’ and conveys the thought of a more full, larger and thorough knowledge. It also conveys the idea of an intimate and personal relationship than the simple term. Full, perfect, precise knowledge thus signifying a more complete, more thorough, larger knowledge than that found in gnosis.”1
A short definition could be “knowledge that is learned through experience.”
Today, I discovered the Hebrew word for knowledge in Habakkuk 2:14. I then referenced the word in the Ancient Hebrew Lexicon. I highly recommend this lexicon for Hebrew word studies. It is awesome. Here is the excerpt for the word knowledge:
The phrase “door to the eye” reminds me of Paul, the Hebrew of Hebrews2, when he says in Ephesians 1:18,
“The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,”
So, if I perceive something with my eyes or even with the ‘eyes of my understanding’ then the act of perceiving or observing something creates an experience. The word experience in the Greek sometimes means proof. My experience is proof. My experience with the Living Son of God is proof. This proof is my witness to others that the door to their eyes may be opened also. My antiquated, mental, intellectual doctrine may disagree with revelatory truth, but my heart is enlightened. In Christ, unregenerate thinking is renewed and changed because the person whose mind it is IS NOT the same person anymore. They are different. They are growing in the mind of Christ, 1 Cor. 2:16. They are new creatures in the grace, faith, and righteousness of Christ, 2 Cor. 5:17.
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