1. (n.) The condition of being ignorant; the want of knowledge in general, or in relation to a particular subject; the state of being uneducated or uninformed.

2. (n.) A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge which one may acquire and it is his duty to have.

IGNORANCE

ig'-no-rans (sheghaghah; agnoia): "Ignorance" is the translation of sheghaghah, "wandering," "going astray" (Leviticus 4:2, etc., "if a soul sin through ignorance," the Revised Version (British and American) "unwittingly," margin "through error"; Leviticus 5:15 Numbers 15:24; compare 35:11; Joshua 20:3; Ecclesiastes 5:6; Ecclesiastes 10:5, "an error"). In the Law sheghaghah means "innocent error," such as had to be taken with consideration in judgment (see passages referred to). "Ignorance" is also expressed by the negative lo' with yadha`, "to know" (Isaiah 56:10; Isaiah 63:16 Psalm 73:22); also by bi-bheli da`ath, literally, "in want of knowledge" (Deuteronomy 19:4; compare Deuteronomy 4:12 Joshua 20:5, translated "unawares," "unwittingly").

In the New Testament the words are agnoia, "absence of knowledge" (Acts 3:17; Acts 17:30 Ephesians 4:18 1 Peter 1:14); agneoma, "error" (Hebrews 9:7, the Revised Version margin "Greek: ignorances"); agnosia, "ignorance" (1 Peter 2:15), "no knowledge" (1 Corinthians 15:34 the Revised Version (British and American)); agnoeo, "to be without knowledge," "ignorant" (Romans 1:13; Romans 10:3; Romans 11:25, etc.), "not knowing" (Romans 2:4, etc.), "understood not" (Mark 9:32, etc.), "ignorantly" (Acts 17:23, the Revised Version (British and American) "in ignorance"; 1 Timothy 1:13); idiotes, translated "ignorant" (Acts 4:13), "unlearned" (1 Corinthians 14:16, the Revised Version margin "him that is without gifts," and so in 1 Corinthians 14:23, 14), "rude" (2 Corinthians 11:6); agrammatos, once only in connection with idiotes (Acts 4:13, "unlearned and ignorant men"); agrammatos corresponds to modern "illiterate" (compare John 7:15 Acts 26:24); idiotes originally denoted "the private man" as distinguished from those with a knowledge of affairs, and took on the idea of contempt and scorn. In Philo it denoted the whole congregation of Israel as distinguished from the priests (De Vita Mosis, III 29). With Paul (1 Corinthians 14:16, 23, 24) it seems to denote "plain believers as distinguished from those with special spiritual gifts." In Acts 4:13 it may refer to the want of Jewish learning; certainly it does not mean ignorant in the modern sense.

Paul in Romans 1:18, 32 attributes the pre-Christian ignorance of God to "the ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness" (but the margin has, with the King James Version, "hold the truth, compare 1 Corinthians 7:30, Gr"); many, however (Alford, De Wette, Meyer and others), translation "hold back the truth." A willful ignorance is also referred to in Ephesians 4:17; 2 Peter 3:5. But there is also a less blameworthy ignorance. Paul at Athens spoke of "times of ignorance" which God had "overlooked" (Acts 17:30); Paul says of himself that he "obtained mercy, because (he) did it (against Christ) ignorantly in unbelief" (1 Timothy 1:13); Peter said to the Jews (Acts 3:17) that they and their rulers rejected Christ "in ignorance" (compare 1 Corinthians 2:8); and Jesus Himself prayed for those who crucified Him: "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do"; (Luke 23:34); in Hebrews 5:2 the necessary qualification of a high priest is that he "can bear gently with the ignorant and erring"-those who sin in ignorance or go astray (compare 9:7, "blood, which he offereth for himself, and for the errors of the people," margin "(Greek: ignorances"). Growing light, however, brings with it increasing responsibility, and the "ignorance" that may be "overlooked" at one stage of the history of men and nations may be blameworthy and even criminal at another.

W. L. Walker

56. agnosia -- ignorance
... ignorance. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: agnosia Phonetic Spelling:
(ag-no-see'-ah) Short Definition: ignorance Definition: ignorance ...
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52. agnoia -- ignorance
... ignorance. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: agnoia Phonetic Spelling:
(ag'-noy-ah) Short Definition: ignorance Definition: ignorance, inadvertence ...
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51. agnoema -- a sin of ignorance
... a sin of ignorance. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: agnoema Phonetic
Spelling: (ag-no'-ay-mah) Short Definition: an offence committed through ...
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50. agnoeo -- to be ignorant, not to know
... Definition: I do not know, am ignorant of Definition: I do not know, am ignorant
of (a person, thing, or fact), sometimes with the idea of willful ignorance. ...
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541. apaugasma -- radiance
... His eternal light breaks through all the darkness that keeps someone in spiritual
ignorance (bondage), ie every resistance exerted by sin. ...
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5461. photizo -- to shine, give light
... Cognate: 5461 (from 5457 , "light") -- properly, ; (figuratively) God sharing ,
exposing and overcoming darkness -- like the ignorance (prejudice) caused by sin ...
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7684. shegagah -- sin of error or inadvertance
... error, ignorance, at unawares, unwittingly. From shagag; a mistake or inadvertent
transgression -- error, ignorance, at unawares; unwittingly. see HEBREW shagag ...
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7686. shagah -- to go astray, err
... cause to go astray, deceive, err, be ravished, sin through ignorance, make
to wander. A primitive root; to stray (causatively, mislead ...
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2822. choshek -- darkness, obscurity
... From chashak; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction,
death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness -- dark(-ness), night, obscurity. ...
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Whether Ignorance is a Sin?
... OF THE CAUSES OF SIN, IN PARTICULAR (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether ignorance is a
sin? Objection 1: It would seem that ignorance is not a sin. ...
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Whether Ignorance Causes Involuntariness?
... TREATISE ON HUMAN ACTS: ACTS PECULIAR TO MAN (QQ -21)OF THE VOLUNTARY AND THE
INVOLUNTARY (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether ignorance causes involuntariness? ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether ignorance causes involuntariness.htm

Whether Ignorance Diminishes a Sin?
... OF THE CAUSES OF SIN, IN PARTICULAR (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether ignorance diminishes
a sin? Objection 1: It would seem that ignorance does not diminish a sin. ...
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Whether in Christ There was Ignorance?
... OF THE DEFECTS OF SOUL ASSUMED BY CHRIST (TEN ARTICLES) Whether in Christ there
was ignorance? Objection 1: It would seem that there was ignorance in Christ. ...
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Whether Ignorance Excuses from Sin Altogether?
... OF THE CAUSES OF SIN, IN PARTICULAR (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether ignorance excuses
from sin altogether? Objection 1: It would seem that ...
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Whether Ignorance Can be a Cause of Sin?
... OF THE CAUSES OF SIN, IN PARTICULAR (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether ignorance can
be a cause of sin? ... Therefore ignorance is not a cause of sin. ...
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Ignorance of Evil.
... SERMON XVIII. Ignorance of Evil. "And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is
become as one of Us, to know good and evil.""Genesis 3:22. ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol viii/sermon xviii ignorance of evil.htm

Sins of Ignorance.
... Homily XIX. Chapter XXII."Sins of Ignorance. And Simon: "Why is it, then,
that some die prematurely, and periodical diseases arise ...
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Cease in Your Ignorance to Receive Such Great Deeds with Abusive ...
... Book I. 53 Cease in your ignorance to receive such great deeds with abusive
language? Cease in your ignorance to receive such ...
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On the Ignorance of Infants, and Whence it Arises.
... A Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of Infants
Chapter 67 [XXXVI.]"On the Ignorance of Infants, and Whence It Arises. ...
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Ignorance (27 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge which one may acquire
and it is his duty to have. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. IGNORANCE. ...
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Error (90 Occurrences)
... 32:6). In the New Testament we have plane, "wandering" (Romans 1:27 James 5:20 1
John 4:6 Jude 1:11, "the error of Balaam"); agnoema, "ignorance" (Hebrews 9:7 ...
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Regarding (33 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 4:2 Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, When a person doth sin through
ignorance against any of the commands of Jehovah 'regarding things' which ...
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Darkness (177 Occurrences)
... house. It is also a symbol of ignorance (Isaiah 9:2; 60:2; Matthew 6:23)
and of death (Job 10:21; 17:13). Noah Webster's Dictionary. ...
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Somewhat (30 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 4:13 And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and
the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat ...
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Commands (216 Occurrences)
... Acts 17:30 The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands
that all people everywhere should repent, (WEB WEY RSV NIV). ...
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Ignorant (32 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Unacquainted with; unconscious or unaware; -- used with of. 3. (a.) Unknown;
undiscovered. 4. (a.) Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly. ...
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Community (77 Occurrences)
... Numbers 15:24 Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the
knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young ...
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Unknown (15 Occurrences)
... What therefore ye worship in ignorance, this I set forth unto you." the King James
Version and the English Revised Version margin translate "to the Unknown God ...
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Trail (5 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon. ... 16. (n.) The act
of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition. ...
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