Quick Definition
γνώστης, ου, ὁ n.m. one who knows, an expert
Strong's Definition
a knower
Derivation: from G1097 (γινώσκω);
KJV Usage: expert
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
γνώστης, -ov, ὁ, (a knower), an expert; a connoisseur: Acts xxvi. 3. (Plut. Flam. ο. 4; θεὸς ὁ τῶν κρυπτῶν γνώστης, Hist. Sus. vs. 42; of those who divine the future, 1S. xxviii. 3, 9, etc.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
γνώστης gnōstēs 1x
one acquainted with a thing, knowing, skilful, Acts 26:3*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
γνώστης, -ου, ὁ
(< γιγνώσκω), [in LXX chiefly for יִדְּעֹנִי ;]
one who knows, an expert: Ac 26:3.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
γνώστης military requisitions made at Oxyrhynchus by some officers, they render τῆς γνώσεως τῶν ὑφ᾽ ἑκάστου παρασχεθέντων, “the account of what was provided by each” (Edd.). Ina Christian letter of iv/A.p., P Oxy VI. 9394, the word has the additional connotation of ‘*solicitous” knowledge, when a dependent writes to his master ὡς ἐν ἄλ]λοις πλείστοις νῦν ἔτι μᾶλλον m πρὸς σὲ [τοῦ δεσπότου θεοῦ γνῶσις ἀνεφάνη ἅπασιν ἡμῖν, “as on many other occasions so now even more plainly than ever has the regard of the Lord God for you been revealed to us all” (dd.). Dibelius (2@ZNT ad /.) finds a technical meaning derived from Greek mysticism in the use of γνῶσις in Phil 3° διὰ τὸ ὑπερέχον τῆς γνώσεως Χριστοῦ ᾿Ιησοῦ τοῦ κυρίου pov, and quotes the Hermetic prayer from Pap. Mimaut (cited by Reitzenstein Hellen? t. Alysterienreligionen Ὁ. 113 ff.), χάριν cor οἴδαμεν, tore’ σῇ yap χάριτι τοῦτο τὸ φῶς τῆς γνώσεως ἐλάβομεν . . . χαίρομεν ὅτι ἐν σώμασιν ἡμᾶς ὄντας ἀπεθέωσας τῇ σεαυτοῦ θέᾳ. Deissmann, on the other hand, thinks that there is here no reference to speculative know edge of Christ, but to personal and pneumatic acguatntance with Christ, and illustrates this meaning of the word from a i/A.p. decree of the Byzantines, Zatyschev 1. 47°*, which boasts of a citizen of Olbia that μέχρι τᾶς τῶν Σεβαστῶν γνώσεως προκόϊψ)]αντος, ‘‘he had advanced to personal acquaintance with the Augusti (Augustus and Tiberius)”: see ZAZ, p. 383 n.8. It may be added that Dieterich’s conclusion, based on the use of γνῶσις in the magic papyri, that “τῆς ‘ Knowledge,’ which also plays so large a part in Christian teaching, is specially due to Greek influence” (.4éraxas, p. 134) is rejected by Norden Agmostos Theos, p. 96 n,}.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
γνώστης (gnōstēs) — expert in. γνώστ-ης, ου, ὁ, one that knows, τῶν ἐθῶν [NT+3rd c.AD+]: especiallyone who knows the future, diviner, [LXX]
II. ={γνωστήρ}, surety, γ. τῆς πίστεως [Refs 1st c.AD+]; expert witness or valuer, [Refs 1st c.AD+]