Acknowledge (-ment)
signifies (a) "to know thoroughly" (epi, "intensive," ginosko, "to know"); (b) "to recognize a thing to be what it really is, to acknowledge," 1Co 14:37 (RV, "take knowledge of"); 1Co 16:18, 2Co 1:1-14. See KNOW, KNOWLEDGE, PERCEIVE.
Note: In 1Jo 2:23, "acknowledgeth" translates the verb homologeo, "to confess," RV, "confesseth."
akin to A, "full, or thorough knowledge, discernment, recognition," is translated "acknowledging" in the AV of 2Ti 2:25, Tit 1:1, Phm 1:6 (in all three, RV, "knowledge," properly, "thorough knowledge"). In Col 2:2, AV, "acknowledgement," RV, "that they may know" (i.e., "unto the full knowledge"). See KNOWLEDGE.
