abraxas

(Gnosticism, historical) A transcription of Abrasax.


gnosis

From Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).


gnosis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).


syzygy

en-noun

syzygy (countable and uncountable, plural syzygies)

From Late Latin sȳzygia (“conjunction”), from Ancient Greek συζυγία (suzugía, “union, yoke, pair”). This word was recognized as English in 1847 (in its astronomical meaning).

der

(Gnosticism) Complementary female–male pairings of the emanations known as Aeons.


eon

From Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn, “age, era”).

(Gnosticism, usually spelled aeon or æon) A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.


eon

nl-noun

eon m or n (plural eonen, diminutive eoontje n or eonnetje n)

eonen (plural)
eoontje (diminutive neuter)
eonnetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn, “age”).


eon

eonet (definite singular)
eon (indefinite plural)
eoner (indefinite plural)
eona (definite plural)
eonene (definite plural)

From Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn, “age”).


eon

eonet (definite singular)
eon (indefinite plural)
eona (definite plural)


eon

eon (nominative singular)
eonowie (nominative plural)
eoni (nominative plural)
eona (genitive singular)
eonów (genitive plural)
eonowi (dative singular)
eonom (dative plural)
eona (accusative singular)
eonowie (accusative plural)
eoni (accusative plural)
eonem (instrumental singular)
eonami (instrumental plural)
eonie (locative singular)
eonach (locative plural)
eonie (singular vocative)
eonowie (plural vocative)
eoni (plural vocative)

(Gnosticism) aeon (spirit being emanating from the Godhead)


aeon

(Gnosticism) A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.


Sophia

Holy Wisdom
Sophia
Sophia of Rome
sophia (wisdom)

Chiefly from Latin Sophia, from Ancient Greek Σοφία (Sophía), from σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”), especially in reference to holy or divine wisdom under the influence of Biblical Hebrew חוכמה (khokhmá), to the early martyr St. Sophia, and to many figures of European royalty and nobility. Also used as a calque for the many cognate forms, such as Italian Sofia, Russian Софи́я (Sofíja), Polish Zofia, etc. Doublet of Sofia.

(Gnosticism) An aeon (a form of divine being) in the Gnostic tradition.


pneumatic

From Latin pneumaticus, from Ancient Greek πνευματικός (pneumatikós, “relating to wind or air”), from πνεῦμα (pneûma, “wind, air, breath, spirit”), from πνέω (pnéō, “I blow, breath”).

der

(Gnosticism) In the gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man, the highest type; a person focused on spiritual reality (the other two being hylic and psychic).


psychic

From Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós, “relative to the soul, spirit, mind”). Earlier referred to as "psychical"; or from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul, mind, psyche”). First appeared (as substantive) 1871 and first records 1895.

uder

(Gnosticism) In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the second type; a person focused on intellectual reality (the other two being hylic and pneumatic).

psyykikko

person focused on intellectual reality (Gnosticism)


Yaldabaoth

/ˌjɑːldəˈbeɪɒθ/

Possibly from ילדא (yaldā, “begetter”) and Abaoth from Ancient Greek Σαβαώθ (Sabaṓth), from Biblical Hebrew צבאות (tsabāʾōθ), plural of צבא (tsābāʾ)

(Gnosticism) The Demiurge or 'False God'. Created when Sophia (one of the lesser aeons) tried to emanate without her counterpart (Christ).


hylic

1820s, from earlier German use; earlier hylical (1708). From Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē, “matter”) + -ic (“of or pertaining to”).

(Gnosticism) The basest type of man in the gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping; a person focused on neither intellectual (psychic) nor spiritual (pneumatic) reality.


София

ru-proper noun+

Софи́я • (Sofíja) f inan (genitive Софи́и, relational adjective софи́йский)

Софи́я (canonical)
Sofíja (romanization)
Софи́и (genitive)
софи́йский (adjective relational)
Софи́я (nominative singular)
Софи́и (genitive singular)
Софи́и (dative singular)
Софи́ю (accusative singular)
Софи́ей (instrumental singular)
Софи́ею (instrumental singular)
Софи́и (prepositional singular)

Ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”).


pleroma

Adam Black
David Don
Wernerian Natural History Society

Learned borrowing from Late Latin pleroma (“(Gnosticism) spiritual universe seen as the totality of the essence and powers of God”), from Koine Greek πλήρωμᾰ (plḗrōmă, “(biblical) perfect fullness”), Ancient Greek πλήρωμᾰ (plḗrōmă, “that which fills, a complement; a filling up, a completing”), from πληρόω (plēróō, “to make full, fill; to complete, finish”) (from πλήρης (plḗrēs, “complete, full”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)) + -όω (-óō, suffix forming verbs with the sense of making someone be or do something)) + -μᾰ (-mă, suffix forming nouns denoting the result or effect of an action).
Sense 1.1 (“plant”) is borrowed from New Latin Pleroma, a genus name coined by the Scottish botanist David Don (1799–1841) in 1822, from Ancient Greek πλήρωμᾰ (plḗrōmă) (see above) to describe the way the seeds of the plant filled the capsule.
Sense 2 (“state of perfect fullness”) is chiefly used in reference to Colossians 2:9 of the Bible: “Ὅτι ἐν αὐτῶῳ κατοικεῖ πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα τῆς θεότητος σωματικῶς (Hóti en autôōi katoikeî pân tò plḗrōma tês theótētos sōmatikôs) [For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form]”.

coinage

There is a way to comprehend the gnostic's giant onion of a world, the concentric circles, with the Pleroma beckoning there, the white heart of light, the source of that primal vision which for a second or two can recapture paradise.

1974, Lawrence Durrell, “Macabru”, in Monsieur (The Avignon Quintet; 1), New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, published 1975, →ISBN, page 131:

(Gnosticism, historical) Often preceded by the: the spiritual universe seen as the totality of the essence and powers of God.


pleroma

pleróma (canonical feminine)
плеро́ма (Cyrillic)
pleroma (nominative singular)
plerome (genitive singular)
pleromi (dative singular)
pleromu (accusative singular)
pleromo (singular vocative)
pleromi (locative singular)
pleromom (instrumental singular)

From Ancient Greek πλήρωμα (plḗrōma, “a filling up, fullness”).


archon

From Ancient Greek ἄρχων (árkhōn), a noun use of the present participle of ἄρχω (árkhō, “to rule”).

Their claim to totality is like the cry of the archon Ialdabaoth that he was the Lord of the Universe and that there was nothing beyond him.

1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 83:

(Gnosticism) A supernatural being subordinate to the Demiurge.


demiurge

From Ancient Greek δημιουργός (dēmiourgós, “one who works for the people; a skilled workman, a handicraftsman”) (whence Latin dēmiūrgus, French démiurge), from δήμιος (dḗmios, “belonging to the people, public”) (from δῆμος (dêmos, “the people”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂mos (“people”), from *deh₂- (“to divide”) + Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios), from Proto-Indo-European *-yós (suffix creating an adjective from a noun)) + Ancient Greek -ουργός (-ourgós, “worker”) (from ἔργον (érgon, “labour; task; work”), from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom (“work”)).
No relation with English demi- (as in demigod).

The Gnostic Demiurge then assumes a surprising likeness to Ahriman, the evil counter-creator of Ormuzd in Mazdean philosophy. The character of the Gnostic Demiurge became still more complicated when in some systems he was identified with Jehovah, the God of the Jews or of the Old Testament, and was brought in opposition to Christ of the New Testament, the Only-Begotten Son of the Supreme and Good God.

1908, Charles G[eorge] Herbermann, editor, The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church, New York, N.Y.: Robert Appleton Company, →OCLC, page 708, column 1:

This was the earnest attempt of a Christian to explain in some detail how God might act using natural law, although his critics noted that such a Creator had more in common with a gnostic demiurge than the transcendent God of the Judeo-Christian tradition.

2003, Richard England, editor, Design after Darwin: 1860–1900, volumes 1 (Metaphors and Metaphysics of Design. Key Statement of the 1860s.), Bristol: Thoemmes Press, →OCLC, page xiv:

Common to all authentic Gnostic schools are teachings on the demiurgos and archons. However, exactly what the demiurgos and archons are in the symbolic and mystical language of the various Gnostic traditions can be very different from one tradition to another. The word demiurgos means "creator of the world," "false creator," or "false god." Archons mean "rulers" and indicate spiritual or cosmic forces associated with the demiurgos. […] [S]ome schools view the demiurgos quite literally as the God of the Old Testament, while others do not view Yahweh as the demiurgos at all.

2005, Tau Malachi, “The Demiurgos and Evil”, in Living Gnosis: A Practical Guide to Gnostic Christianity, Woodbury, Minn.: Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN, page 93:

(Gnosticism) A (usually jealous or outright malevolent) being who is inferior to the supreme being, and sometimes seen as the creator of evil.


pneuma

From Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma, “wind, breath, spirit”), from πνέω (pnéō, “I blow, breathe”). Doublet of neume.

bor

(Gnosticism) One of three levels of a human being, the spirit, along with the body and soul.


hebdomad

From Late Latin hebdomada (“number seven; group of seven; seven days”), hebdomas (“number seven; seven days; seventh day”), from Ancient Greek ἑβδομάς (hebdomás, “group of seven, especially seven days or seven years”), from ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”) + -ᾰ́ς (-ắs, suffix forming abstract nouns of number from numerals). The word is cognate with French hebdomadaire, hebdo (“weekly periodical”), hebdomadairement (“weekly”), Portuguese hebdomadário (“weekly periodical”), Spanish hebdomadario (“weekly; weekly periodical; hebdomadary”).

cog

When, then, the Great Archon had been orally instructed, and every creature of the Ogdoad had been orally instructed and taught, and [after] the mystery became known to the celestial [powers], it was also necessary that afterwards the Gospel should come to the Hebdomad, in order likewise that the Archon of the Hebdomad might be similarly instructed and indoctrinated into the Gospel.

1868, Hippolytus of Rome, chapter XIV, in J. H. MacMahon, transl., edited by Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson, The Refutation of All Heresies, by Hippolytus: […] (Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325; VI (Hippolytus, Bishop of Rome)), volume I, Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, […]; London: Hamilton & Co.; Dublin: John Robertson & Co., →OCLC, book VII (Of the Refutation of All Heresies), page 284:

The light came down from the Hebdomad upon Jesus the Son of Mary. That this descent of the light was represented as taking place at the Annunciation, and not merely at the Baptism, is clearly implied in the express reference to the words of the angel in Luke i. 35, "A Holy Spirit shall come upon thee," [...]

1877, Fenton John Anthony Hort, “Basilides”, in William Smith, Henry Wace, editors, A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines: […], volumes I (A–D), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company, →OCLC, page 273, column 1:

(Gnosticism) A group of seven world-creating archons (supernatural beings) often regarded as somewhat hostile; also, a term of address for the Demiurge (“a being sometimes seen as the creator of evil”).


Demiurge

/ˈdɛmɪˌɝd͡ʒ/

From Ancient Greek Δημιουργός (Dēmiourgós), see demiurge.

For the rest, we meet in the Demiurge of the Valentinians all the traits of the world-god with which we have by now become familiar and can therefore deal here very briefly

2001, Hans Jonas, The Gnostic Religion: The message of the alien God, page 191:

(Gnosticism) A prideful, inferior being that creates the material world; frequently identified with the creator God of the Hebrew Bible.


demiurgo

(Gnosticism) Demiurge (inferior creator deity in Gnosticism)


pneumatiker

pneumatikeren (definite singular)
pneumatikere (indefinite plural)
pneumatikerne (definite plural)


eone

From Late Latin aeōnem (“age, eternity”), from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn), from earlier αἰϝών (aiwṓn), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oy-u-Hō, derived from *h₂óyu (“long time; lifetime”), derived from the root *h₂ey- (“vital force, life, age, eternity”).


Anthropos

From Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos).

(Gnosticism) The primordial man/humanity.


Anthropos

/ɐ̃ˈtɾɔ.puʃ/

/ɐ̃ˈtɾɔ.puʃ/

(Gnosticism) Anthropos (the primordial man).


éon

pt-noun

éon m (plural (Portugal) éones or (Brazil) éons)

éones (Portugal plural)
éons (Brazil plural)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn).

lbor

(Gnosticism) eon (spirit being emanating from the Godhead)


archontas

archòntas (canonical masculine)
archòntai (plural)
archontas (nominative singular)
archontai (nominative plural)
archonto (genitive singular)
archontų (genitive plural)
archontui (dative singular)
archontams (dative plural)
archontą (accusative singular)
archontus (accusative plural)
archontu (instrumental singular)
archontais (instrumental plural)
archonte (locative singular)
archontuose (locative plural)
archonte (singular vocative)
archontai (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄρχων (árkhōn).


pléroma

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλήρωμα (plḗrōma).


плерома

ru-noun+

плеро́ма • (pleróma) f inan (genitive плеро́мы, uncountable)

плеро́ма (canonical)
pleróma (romanization)
плеро́мы (genitive)
плеро́ма (nominative singular)
плеро́мы (genitive singular)
плеро́ме (dative singular)
плеро́му (accusative singular)
плеро́мой (instrumental singular)
плеро́мою (instrumental singular)
плеро́ме (prepositional singular)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλήρωμα (plḗrōma, “a filling up, fullness”).


плерома

плеро́ма (canonical feminine)
pleróma (romanization)
плерома (nominative singular)
плероме (genitive singular)
плероми (dative singular)
плерому (accusative singular)
плеромо (singular vocative)
плероми (locative singular)
плеромом (instrumental singular)


Pleroma

(Gnosticism, historical) Alternative letter-case form of pleroma (“the spiritual universe seen as the totality of the essence and powers of God”)


Pleroma

de-noun

Pleroma n (strong, genitive Pleroma, no plural)

Pleroma (genitive)
Pleroma (nominative singular)
Pleroma (genitive singular)
Pleroma (dative singular)
Pleroma (accusative singular)


Sabaoth

/səˈbeɪˌoʊθ/

From Latin, from Ancient Greek Σαβαώθ (Sabaṓth), from Biblical Hebrew צבאות (tsabāʾōθ), plural of צבא (tsābāʾ).

(Gnosticism) One of the seven chief archons in the Ophite cosmogony.


アイオーン

ja-noun

アイオーン • (aiōn)


պլերոմա

pleroma (romanization)
պլերոմա (nominative singular singular-only)
պլերոմայի (dative singular singular-only)
պլերոմայից (ablative singular singular-only)
պլերոմայով (instrumental singular singular-only)
պլերոմայում (locative singular singular-only)
պլերոման (definite nominative singular singular-only)
պլերոմային (dative definite singular singular-only)
պլերոմաս (first-person nominative possessive singular singular-only)
պլերոմայիս (dative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
պլերոմայիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
պլերոմայովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular singular-only)
պլերոմայումս (first-person locative possessive singular singular-only)
պլերոմադ (nominative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
պլերոմայիդ (dative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
պլերոմայիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
պլերոմայովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular singular-only)
պլերոմայումդ (locative possessive second-person singular singular-only)

hy-decl-noun-unc

պլերոմաները/պլերոմաներն

պլերոմաներին

պլերոմաներից

պլերոմաներով

պլերոմաներում

պլերոմաներիս

պլերոմաներիցս

պլերոմաներովս

պլերոմայումս

պլերոմաներումս

պլերոմաներիդ

պլերոմաներիցդ

պլերոմաներովդ

պլերոմայումդ

պլերոմաներումդ


Abrasax

Borrowed from Latin Abrasax, from Ancient Greek ἀβραξάς (abraxás).

(Gnosticism) Abrasax (one of the Archons)


سوفیا

head

سوفیا • (sofiyâ)

fa-proper noun

سوفیا • (sofiyâ)


دمیورژ

head

دمیورژ • (demiurž)

fa-noun

دمیورژ • (demiurž)


Demiurg

de-noun

Demiurg m (weak or mixed, genitive Demiurgen or Demiurgs or Demiurges, plural Demiurgen)

Demiurgen (genitive)
Demiurgs (genitive)
Demiurges (genitive)
Demiurgen (plural)
Demiurg (nominative singular)
Demiurgen (definite nominative plural)
Demiurgen (genitive singular)
Demiurgs (genitive singular)
Demiurges (genitive singular)
Demiurgen (definite genitive plural)
Demiurgen (dative singular)
Demiurg (dative singular)
Demiurge (dative singular)
Demiurgen (dative definite plural)
Demiurgen (accusative singular)
Demiurg (accusative singular)
Demiurgen (accusative definite plural)


Gnosis

Gnosis (genitive)
Gnosis (nominative singular)
Gnosis (genitive singular)
Gnosis (dative singular)
Gnosis (accusative singular)


gnostisch

de-adj

gnostisch (strong nominative masculine singular gnostischer, not comparable)

gnostischer (masculine nominative singular strong)
gnostisch (masculine predicative singular)
gnostisch (feminine predicative singular)
gnostisch (neuter predicative singular)
gnostisch (plural predicative)
gnostischer (masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
gnostische (feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
gnostisches (neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
gnostische (nominative plural strong without-article)
gnostischen (genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
gnostischer (feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
gnostischen (genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
gnostischer (genitive plural strong without-article)
gnostischem (dative masculine singular strong without-article)
gnostischer (dative feminine singular strong without-article)
gnostischem (dative neuter singular strong without-article)
gnostischen (dative plural strong without-article)
gnostischen (accusative masculine singular strong without-article)
gnostische (accusative feminine singular strong without-article)
gnostisches (accusative neuter singular strong without-article)
gnostische (accusative plural strong without-article)
der gnostische (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die gnostische (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das gnostische (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die gnostischen (definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des gnostischen (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der gnostischen (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des gnostischen (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der gnostischen (definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem gnostischen (dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der gnostischen (dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem gnostischen (dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den gnostischen (dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den gnostischen (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die gnostische (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das gnostische (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die gnostischen (accusative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein gnostischer (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine gnostische (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein gnostisches (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
gnostischen (indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine gnostischen (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines gnostischen (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer gnostischen (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines gnostischen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
gnostischen (genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner gnostischen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem gnostischen (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer gnostischen (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem gnostischen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
gnostischen (dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen gnostischen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen gnostischen (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine gnostische (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein gnostisches (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
gnostischen (accusative indefinite mixed plural)
keine gnostischen (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)

(Gnosticism, relational) Gnostic (related to Gnosticism)


Gnostiker

de-noun

Gnostiker m (strong, genitive Gnostikers, plural Gnostiker, feminine Gnostikerin)

Gnostikers (genitive)
Gnostiker (plural)
Gnostikerin (feminine)
Gnostiker (nominative singular)
Gnostiker (definite nominative plural)
Gnostikers (genitive singular)
Gnostiker (definite genitive plural)
Gnostiker (dative singular)
Gnostikern (dative definite plural)
Gnostiker (accusative singular)
Gnostiker (accusative definite plural)

(Gnosticism) Gnostic, a believer in Gnosticism


Gnostikerin

Gnostikerin f (genitive Gnostikerin, plural Gnostikerinnen)

Gnostikerin (genitive)
Gnostikerinnen (plural)
Gnostikerin (nominative singular)
Gnostikerinnen (definite nominative plural)
Gnostikerin (genitive singular)
Gnostikerinnen (definite genitive plural)
Gnostikerin (dative singular)
Gnostikerinnen (dative definite plural)
Gnostikerin (accusative singular)
Gnostikerinnen (accusative definite plural)

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kainita

kainita (nominative singular)
kainici (nominative plural)
kainity (derogatory nominative plural)
kainity (genitive singular)
kainitów (genitive plural)
kainicie (dative singular)
kainitom (dative plural)
kainitę (accusative singular)
kainitów (accusative plural)
kainitą (instrumental singular)
kainitami (instrumental plural)
kainicie (locative singular)
kainitach (locative plural)
kainito (singular vocative)
kainici (plural vocative)

From Kain + -ita. Compare English Cainite, Italian cainita.

(Gnosticism) Cainite (adherent of Cainism, a member of a Gnostic sect that honored Cain and Judas)


σύνεσις

grc-noun

σῠ́νεσῐς • (sŭ́nesĭs) f (genitive σῠνέσεως); third declension

σῠ́νεσῐς (canonical)
sŭ́nesĭs (romanization)
σῠνέσεως (genitive)
ἡ σῠ́νεσῐς (nominative singular)
τὼ σῠνέσει (dual nominative)
αἱ σῠνέσεις (nominative plural)
τῆς σῠνέσεως (genitive singular)
τοῖν σῠνεσέοιν (dual genitive)
τῶν σῠνέσεων (genitive plural)
τῇ σῠνέσει (dative singular)
τοῖν σῠνεσέοιν (dative dual)
ταῖς σῠνέσεσῐ (dative plural)
σῠνέσεσῐν (dative plural)
taîs sŭnésesĭ (dative plural)
taîs sŭnésesĭn (dative plural)
τὴν σῠ́νεσῐν (accusative singular)
τὼ σῠνέσει (accusative dual)
τᾱ̀ς σῠνέσεις (accusative plural)
σῠ́νεσῐ (singular vocative)
σῠνέσει (dual vocative)
σῠνέσεις (plural vocative)

From σῠνῑ́ημῐ (sŭnī́ēmĭ, “bring together”) + -σῐς (-sĭs).

af

(Gnosticism) one of the aeons or emanations of the Godhead, representing intelligence


Cainite

(Gnosticism) An adherent of Cainism, a member of a Gnostic sect that honored Cain and Judas.


ⲅⲛⲱⲥⲓⲥ

cop-noun

ⲅⲛⲱⲥⲓⲥ • (gnōsis) f (plural ⲅⲛⲱⲥⲓⲥ (gnōsis))

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis).


gnóis

gnóise (genitive singular)
nominative (indefinite)
gnóis (indefinite singular)
vocative (indefinite)
a ghnóis (indefinite singular)
genitive (indefinite)
gnóise (indefinite singular)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an ghnóis (definite singular)
genitive (definite)
na gnóise (definite singular)
dative (definite)
leis an ngnóis (definite singular)
don ghnóis (definite singular)
gnóis
ghnóis
ngnóis

From Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).


archont

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́ρχων (ắrkhōn). The final -t comes from the inflected forms of the Greek noun.


Aion

From Ancient Greek Αἰών (Aiṓn, “Greek god or personification, Gnostic spirit”).

bor

(Gnosticism) Alternative spelling of aeon


グノーシス

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs)


סמאל

he-proper noun

סַמָּאֵל • (sama'él) m

סַמָּאֵל (canonical)
sama'él (romanization)


Μαρκίων

grc-proper noun

Μᾱρκῑ́ων • (Mārkī́ōn) m (genitive Μᾱρκῑ́ωνος); third declension

Μᾱρκῑ́ων (canonical)
Mārkī́ōn (romanization)
Μᾱρκῑ́ωνος (genitive)
ὁ Μᾱρκίων (nominative singular)
τοῦ Μᾱρκίωνος (genitive singular)
τῷ Μᾱρκίωνῐ (dative singular)
τὸν Μᾱρκίωνᾰ (accusative singular)
Μᾱρκίων (singular vocative)

Greek: Μαρκίων (Markíon)

Latin: Mārcīōn

Catalan: Marció

→ Czech: Markión

→ Danish: Markion

→ English: Marcion

→ Estonian: Markion

→ Esperanto: Marciono

→ Finnish: Markion

French: Marcion

→ German: Markion

→ Hungarian: Markión

Italian: Marcione

→ Dutch: Marcion

Occitan: Marcion

→ Norwegian: Markion

→ Polish: Marcjon

Portuguese: Marcião

Romanian: Marcion

Sicilian: Marcioni

→ Slovene: Markion

Spanish: Marción

→ Swedish: Markion

→ Aramaic: מרקיון (marqiōn)

→ Arabic: مَرْقِيُون (marqiyūn)

→ Hebrew: מרקיון (marqiōn)

→ Bulgarian: Маркион (Markion)

→ Belarusian: Маркіён (Markijón)

→ Russian: Маркион (Markion)

→ Serbo-Croatian: Маркион (Marcion)

→ Ukrainian: Маркіон (Markion)

Μᾶρκος (Mârkos) + -ίων (-íōn), diminutive from Latin Mārcus from Mārs + -cus.

Μαρκίωνα δέ τινα Ποντικόν, ὃς καὶ νῦν ἔτι ἐστὶ διδάσκων τοὺς πειθομένους, ἄλλον τινὰ νομίζειν μείζονα τοῦ δημιουργοῦ θεόν· ὃς κατὰ πᾶν γένος ἀνθρώπων διὰ τῆς τῶν δαιμόνων συλλήψεως πολλοὺς πεποίηκε βλασφημίας λέγειν καὶ ἀρνεῖσθαι τὸν ποιητὴν τοῦδε τοῦ παντὸς θεόν, ἄλλον δέ τινα, ὡς ὄντα μείζονα, τὰ μείζονα παρὰ τοῦτον ὁμολογεῖν πεποιηκέναι πάντες οἱ ἀπὸ τούτων ὁρμώμενοι, ὡς ἔφημεν, Χριστιανοὶ καλοῦνται, ὃν τρόπον καὶ οἱ οὐ κοινωνοῦντες τῶν αὐτῶν δογμάτων τοῖς φιλοσόφοις τὸ ἐπικατηγορούμενον ὄνομα τῆς φιλοσοφίας κοινὸν ἔχουσιν.

c. 155 CE, Justin Martyr, First Apology of Justin Martyr, section XXVI, lines 5–6:

And there is Marcion, a man of Pontus, who is even at this day alive, and teaching his disciples to believe in some other god greater than the Creator. And he, by the aid of the devils, has caused many of every nation to speak blasphemies, and to deny that God is the maker of this universe, and to assert that some other being, greater than He, has done greater works. All who take their opinions from these men, are, as we before said, called Christians; just as also those who do not agree with the philosophers in their doctrines, have yet in common with them the name of philosophers given to them.

Markíōna dé tina Pontikón, hòs kaì nûn éti estì didáskōn toùs peithoménous, állon tinà nomízein meízona toû dēmiourgoû theón; hòs katà pân génos anthrṓpōn dià tês tôn daimónōn sullḗpseōs polloùs pepoíēke blasphēmías légein kaì arneîsthai tòn poiētḕn toûde toû pantòs theón, állon dé tina, hōs ónta meízona, tà meízona parà toûton homologeîn pepoiēkénai pántes hoi apò toútōn hormṓmenoi, hōs éphēmen, Khristianoì kaloûntai, hòn trópon kaì hoi ou koinōnoûntes tôn autôn dogmátōn toîs philosóphois tò epikatēgoroúmenon ónoma tês philosophías koinòn ékhousin.

(Christianity, Gnosticism, philosophy) Marcion of Sinope: see Marcion


Marcion

/ˈmɑː(ɹ)ʃən/

/ˈmɑː(ɹ)ʃʌ̈ʊ̯n/

From Late Latin Mārciōn (from Koine Greek Μᾱρκῑ́ων (Mārkī́ōn, diminutive of Ancient Greek Μᾶρκος (Mârkos, from Mārcus (from Mārs + -cus)))), from Old Latin Māvors and Proto-Indo-European *-kos.

der

(Christianity, Gnosticism, philosophy, history) Marcion of Sinope, 2nd century AD theologian, philosopher, preacher and founder of Marcionism, a Hellenistic Christian religious belief system influenced by Gnostic theology; compiled the first Biblical canon, consisting solely of Greek New Testament scriptures, totally rejecting the scriptural authority of the Hebrew Tanakh adopted as the canonical Old Testament of the Christian Bible


Marcion

la-proper noun

Mārciōn m sg (genitive Mārciōnis); third declension

Mārciōn (canonical masculine singular)
Mārciōnis (genitive)
Mārciōn (nominative singular)
Mārciōnis (genitive singular)
Mārciōnī (dative singular)
Mārciōnem (accusative singular)
Mārciōne (ablative singular)
Mārciōn (singular vocative)

Catalan: Marció

→ Czech: Markión

→ Danish: Markion

→ English: Marcion

→ Estonian: Markion

→ Esperanto: Marciono

→ Finnish: Markion

French: Marcion

→ German: Markion

→ Hungarian: Markión

Italian: Marcione

→ Dutch: Marcion

Occitan: Marcion

→ Norwegian: Markion

→ Polish: Marcjon

Portuguese: Marcião

Romanian: Marcion

Sicilian: Marcioni

→ Slovene: Markion

Spanish: Marción

→ Swedish: Markion

From Koine Greek Μᾱρκῑ́ων (Mārkī́ōn, diminutive of Ancient Greek Μᾶρκος (Mârkos, from Mārcus (from Mārs + -cus))), from Old Latin Māvors and Proto-Indo-European *-kos.


gnoza

gnoza (nominative singular)
gnozy (genitive singular)
gnozie (dative singular)
gnozę (accusative singular)
gnozą (instrumental singular)
gnozie (locative singular)
gnozo (singular vocative)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).

bor+

(Gnosticism) gnosis (immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight about God and the world)


غنوصية

ar-noun

غُنُّوصِيَّة

غُنُّوصِيَّة • (ḡunnūṣiyya) f

غُنُّوصِيَّة (canonical)
ḡunnūṣiyya (romanization)
غُنُّوصِيَّة (ar-infl-a indefinite informal singular triptote)
الْغُنُّوصِيَّة (ar-infl-a definite informal singular triptote)
غُنُّوصِيَّة (ar-infl-a construct informal singular triptote)
غُنُّوصِيَّةٌ (ar-infl-a indefinite nominative singular triptote)
الْغُنُّوصِيَّةُ (ar-infl-a definite nominative singular triptote)
غُنُّوصِيَّةُ (ar-infl-a construct nominative singular triptote)
غُنُّوصِيَّةً (accusative ar-infl-a indefinite singular triptote)
الْغُنُّوصِيَّةَ (accusative ar-infl-a definite singular triptote)
غُنُّوصِيَّةَ (accusative ar-infl-a construct singular triptote)
غُنُّوصِيَّةٍ (ar-infl-a genitive indefinite singular triptote)
الْغُنُّوصِيَّةِ (ar-infl-a definite genitive singular triptote)
غُنُّوصِيَّةِ (ar-infl-a construct genitive singular triptote)

ar-decl-noun

غُنُّوصِيَّة

Relative noun (nisba) composed of غُنُّوصِيّ (ḡunnūṣiyy, “gnostic”) + ـِيَّة (-iyya).


أركون

ar-noun

أَرْكُون • (ʔarkūn) m (plural أَرَاكِنَة (ʔarākina))

أَرْكُون (canonical)
ʔarkūn (romanization)
أَرَاكِنَة (plural)
أَرْكُون (indefinite informal singular triptote)
الْأَرْكُون (definite informal singular triptote)
أَرْكُون (construct informal singular triptote)
أَرْكُونٌ (indefinite nominative singular triptote)
الْأَرْكُونُ (definite nominative singular triptote)
أَرْكُونُ (construct nominative singular triptote)
أَرْكُونًا (accusative indefinite singular triptote)
الْأَرْكُونَ (accusative definite singular triptote)
أَرْكُونَ (accusative construct singular triptote)
أَرْكُونٍ (genitive indefinite singular triptote)
الْأَرْكُونِ (definite genitive singular triptote)
أَرْكُونِ (construct genitive singular triptote)
أَرْكُونَيْن (dual indefinite informal singular triptote)
الْأَرْكُونَيْن (definite dual informal singular triptote)
أَرْكُونَيْ (construct dual informal singular triptote)
أَرْكُونَانِ (dual indefinite nominative singular triptote)
الْأَرْكُونَانِ (definite dual nominative singular triptote)
أَرْكُونَا (construct dual nominative singular triptote)
أَرْكُونَيْنِ (accusative dual indefinite singular triptote)
الْأَرْكُونَيْنِ (accusative definite dual singular triptote)
أَرْكُونَيْ (accusative construct dual singular triptote)
أَرْكُونَيْنِ (dual genitive indefinite singular triptote)
الْأَرْكُونَيْنِ (definite dual genitive singular triptote)
أَرْكُونَيْ (construct dual genitive singular triptote)
أَرَاكِنَة (ar-infl-a broken-form indefinite informal plural triptote)
الْأَرَاكِنَة (ar-infl-a broken-form definite informal plural triptote)
أَرَاكِنَة (ar-infl-a broken-form construct informal plural triptote)
أَرَاكِنَةٌ (ar-infl-a broken-form indefinite nominative plural triptote)
الْأَرَاكِنَةُ (ar-infl-a broken-form definite nominative plural triptote)
أَرَاكِنَةُ (ar-infl-a broken-form construct nominative plural triptote)
أَرَاكِنَةً (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form indefinite plural triptote)
الْأَرَاكِنَةَ (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form definite plural triptote)
أَرَاكِنَةَ (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form construct plural triptote)
أَرَاكِنَةٍ (ar-infl-a broken-form genitive indefinite plural triptote)
الْأَرَاكِنَةِ (ar-infl-a broken-form definite genitive plural triptote)
أَرَاكِنَةِ (ar-infl-a broken-form construct genitive plural triptote)

From Ancient Greek ἄρχων (árkhōn, “ruler”).

(philosophy, Gnosticism) one of the principal and fundamental elements or hypostases that keep together the material world or a personification thereof, archon


Cainian

(Judaism, Christianity, Gnosticism) Synonym of Cainite.


sarkic

en-adj

sarkic (comparative more sarkic, superlative most sarkic)

more sarkic (comparative)
most sarkic (superlative)

(Gnosticism) designating the lowest level of human thought; focused on neither intellectual (psychic) nor spiritual (pneumatic) reality.


Sarkic

Sarkic (comparative more Sarkic, superlative most Sarkic)

more Sarkic (comparative)
most Sarkic (superlative)

(Gnosticism) the lowest state of human thought; the fleshly, instinct-driven level; neither intellectual (psychic) nor spiritual (pneumatic).