KNOCK (n6k), (Heb. r;1daw-fakr ; Gr. rpotlw, kroo'o ; Cant. V:2, judg. xix:22, "beat:" Matt. vii:7; Rev. iii:2o, etc.).
Missionaries in Oriental countries state that, as in ancient times, Orientals never knock when about to enter a room, but without warning or ceremony walk in. For scriptural references to knocking in the ordinary sense, see Deut. xxiv : to; Acts xii :13, 16; Acts x:17, 18.
Figuratitre. Jesus knocks at the door of our hearts; by his word, Spirit, and providence, he awakens, invites, and urges us to receive him self as the free gift of God, the Savior come to seek and save that which is lost (Rev. iii :2o; Cant. v :2). Our knocking at his door of mercy. is fervent and frequent prayer for his distin guished presence and favors (Matt. vii :7, 8; Luke xi :to). (Brown, Bib. Diet.) KNOP (n6p), (Heb. kaf-tore, a chaplet), that is knob, a word used to translate two terms referring to some architectural object or ornament.
1. Kaf-tore', (Heb. a chaplet), (Ex. xxv: 31, 36; xxxvii:17, 22), where the knops are distin guished from the shaft, branches, bowls, and flow ers of the candlestick. In Amos ix:i, the same word is translated "lintel," as also in Zeph. ii:14.
2. Peh-kah'im, (Heb. 0 Kings vi:18; vii: 24 ). In the first passage it refers to the carvings on the wainscot of the Temple; in the second, to an ornament cast around the great reservoir of Solomon. The word, no doubt, signifies some
round or oval shaped object used in ornamentation.
KNOW (no), (Heb. +17, yaw-dah' ; Gr. 70,6.1.0'1C4.1.
ghitt-oce'ko, each having a great variety of mean ing). Both terms denote coming to know, i.e., gaining a knowledge ,. and to know, i. e., to have hnowledge of. The verb yawdith signifies to Per ceive, discern, become aware of.
Know in general signifies: (t) To under stand ; to perceive (Ruth iii :it). (2) To have the experience of (2 Cor. v:20. (3) To ac knowledge, to take particular notice, to approve, delight in, and show distinguished regard to (Is. lv :5 ; Cor. viii :3 ; John X :27 ; Amos iii :2 ; Gen. xxxix :6; t Thess. v :12). (4) To make known, and see discovered (1 Cor. :2). (5) To have carnal dealing with (Gen. iv :1 and xix :5 Judg. xix :22). I know nothing by myself, means I am not conscious of any allowed wickedness (2 Cor. iv:4). We make known our requests unto God, when directed by his Spirit, we express the desires of our hearts in prayer to him (Phil. iv :6). He that perverteth his way is known, when God ex poses him to shame and punishment on account of it (Prov. x:9).