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Strong's #4893 - συνείδησις
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- the consciousness of anything
- the soul as distinguishing between what is morally good and bad, prompting to do the former and shun the latter, commending one, condemning the other
- the conscience
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συνείδησις, εως, ἡ,
knowledge shared with another, τῶν ἀλγημάτων (in a midwife) Sor. 1.4.
2. communication, information, εὑρήσεις ς. PPar. p.422 (ii A.D.); ς. εἰσήνεγκαν τοῖς κολλήγαις αὐτῶν POxy. 123.13 (iii/iv A.D.).
3. knowledge, λῦε ταῦτα πάντα μὴ διαλείψας ἀγαθῇ ς. (v.l. ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ) Hp. Ephesians 1:1-23.
4. consciousness, awareness, [ τῆς αὑτοῦ συστάσεως ] Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.43, cf. Phld. Rh. 2.140 S., 2 Corinthians 4:2, 2 Corinthians 5:11, 1 Peter 2:19; τῆς κακοπραγμοσύνης Democr. 297, cf. D.S. 4.65, Hebrews 10:2; κατὰ συνείδησιν ἀτάραχοι διαμενοῦσι Hero Bel. 73; inner consciousness, ἐν ς. σου βασιλέα μὴ καταράσῃ LXX Ecclesiastes 10:20; in 1 Corinthians 8:7 συνειδήσει is f.l. for συνηθείᾳ.
5. consciousness of right or wrong doing, conscience, Periander and Bias ap. Stob. 3.24.11,12, Luc. Am. 49; ἐὰν ἐγκλήματός τινος ἔχῃ ς. Anon. Oxy. 218 (a) ii 19; βροτοῖς ἅπασιν ἡ ς. θεός Men. Mon. 654, cf. LXX Wi. 17.11, D.H. Th. 8 (but perh. interpol.); ς. ἀγαθή Acts 23:1; ἀπρόσκοπος πρὸς τὸν θεόν ib. 24.16; καθαρά 1 Timothy 3:9, POsl. 17.10 (ii A.D.); κολαζομένους κατὰ συνείδησιν Vett.Val. 210.1; θλειβομένη τῇ ς. περὶ ὧν ἐνοσφίσατο PRyl. 116.9 (ii A.D.); τὸν.. θεὸν κεχολωμένον ἔχοιτο καὶ τὴν ἰδίαν ς. Ath.Mitt. 24.237 (Thyatira); conscientiousness, Arch.Pap. 3.418.13 (vi A.D.).--Senses 4 and 5 sts. run one into the other, v. 1 Corinthians 8:7, 1 Corinthians 10:27 sq.
6. complicity, guilt, crime, περὶ τοῦ πεφημίσθαι αὐτὴν ἐν ς. τοιαύτῃ Supp.Epigr. 4.648.13 (Lydia, ii A.D.).
συνείδησις, συνειδήσεως, ἡ (συνεῖδον), Latinconscientia (literally, 'joint-knowledge'; see σύν, II. 4), i. e.
a. the consciousness of anything: with a genitive of the object, τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν, a soul conscious of sins, Hebrews 10:2 (τοῦ μύσους, Diodorus 4, 65; συνείδησις εὐγενής, consciousness of nobility; a soul mindful of its noble origin, Herodian, 7, 1, 8 (3 edition, Bekker)).
b. "the soul as distinguishing between what is morally good and bad, prompting to do the former and shun the latter, commending the one, condemning the other; conscience": with a genitive of the subjunctive, ἡ συνείδησις τίνος, Romans 2:15 (where the idea of ἡ συνείδησις is further explained by καί μεταξύ ... ἡ καί ἀπολογουμένων (cf. Winers Grammar, 580 (539); see ἀπολογέομαι, 2, and συμμαρτυρέω)); Romans 9:1; 1 Corinthians 8:7 (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 30, 1 a.),
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συν -είδησις , -εως , ἡ
(< συνεῖδον ),
[in LXX: Ecclesiastes 10:20 (H4093), Wisdom of Solomon 17:11, Sirach 42:18 א *;]
1. consciousness: c. gen. obj., Hebrews 10:2, 1 Peter 2:19.
2. In ethical sense, innate discernment, self-judging consciousness, conscience (Stoics and late writers): Romans 2:15; Romans 9:1, 1 Corinthians 10:29, 2 Corinthians 1:12; 2 Corinthians 4:2; 2 Corinthians 5:11, 1 Timothy 4:2, Hebrews 9:14; σ . ἀγαθή , Acts 23:1, 1 Timothy 1:5; 1 Timothy 1:19, 1 Peter 3:16; 1 Peter 3:21; ἀσθενής , 1 Corinthians 8:7; 1 Corinthians 8:10; ἀσθενοῦσα , 1 Corinthians 8:12; ἀπρόσκοπος , Acts 24:16; καθαρά , 1 Timothy 3:9, 2 Timothy 1:3; καλή , Hebrews 13:18; πονηρά , Hebrews 10:22; ὁ νοῦς καὶ ἡ σ ., Titus 1:15; διὰ τὴν σ ., Romans 13:5, 1 Corinthians 10:25; 1 Corinthians 10:27-28; κατὰ σ ., Hebrews 9:9; ὑπὸ (τῆς ) σ ., John 8:1-59 (9) (Rec.), 1 Corinthians 10:29 (cf. Cremer, 233 ff.; ICC on Romans 2:15; DB, i, 468 ff.).†
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We can add nothing from our sources to Preisigke’s (Wörterb. s.v.) iv/A.D. citations for this verb, P Lips I. 39.7 and PSI I. 41.7 and .23 σ ]ωφρονῖν καὶ ἡσυχάζειν, where the meaning is ";am of sound mind,"; ";am discreet,"; as in the NT occurrences (Mark 5:15 al.). See also Xen. Oecon. vii. 14 ἐμὸν δ᾽ ἔφησεν ἡ μήτηρ ἔργον εἶναι σωφρονεῖν, the reference being to prudence in household management,
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