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Know in the Bible

The word know appears 763 times in the King James Version of the Bible.

The word know appears 763 times in the King James Version of the Bible. To know is to be in true, personal relationship with God. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What know means in the Bible

To know is to be in true, personal relationship with God.

Where the word know appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word know appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.”Psalms 39:4

“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:”Psalms 139:23

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”Jeremiah 29:11

“Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:”Matthew 24:32

“We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.”John 9:29

“And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”John 17:3

“Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?”Romans 6:3

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”Romans 8:28

Know and the Lord Jesus

This is life eternal, that they might know Thee, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.

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Questions people ask

How many times does the word know appear in the Bible?

The word know appears 763 times in the King James Version of the Bible. That number counts the exact word, in its King James spelling, wherever it occurs.

What does know mean in the Bible?

To know is to be in true, personal relationship with God.

How does know point to Jesus?

This is life eternal, that they might know Thee, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.

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