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Strong's #4907 - σύνεσις
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σύνεσις,
Att. ξύνεσις, εως, ἡ, (συνίημι)
uniting, union, πέτρη τε ξύνεσίς τε δύω ποταμῶν Od. 10.515 (with ξυν- metri gr.).
2. metaph., with allusion to foreg. signf. and signf. 11, χωρὶς ἕκαστος εἰς τὸ φρονεῖν ἀσθενής, συμβάλλων δὲ εἰς ἓν πᾶς ἐν τῇ συνόδῳ καὶ τῇ ὡς ἀληθῶς συνέσει τὸ φρονεῖν ἐγέννησε καὶ εὗρε Plot. 6.5.10.
II faculty of quick comprehension, mother-wit, sagacity, Democr. 77, Th. 2.62, 3.82, etc.; οἰκείᾳ ξυνέσει Id. 1.138, cf. Pl. Cra. 412a, Phlb. 19d, Arist. EN 1143a17, D. 18.127, Luke 2:47, Gal. 6.457, etc.; hence of animals, ὃ [ζῷον] συνέσει.. ὑπερέχει τῶν ἄλλων Pl. Mx. 237d: —
Phrases, ὅστις γε σύνεσιν ἔχει Hdt. 2.5, 7.49; ἀρκεῖν ξυνέσει E. Tr. 674; ξ. καὶ σοφία Id. HF 655 (lyr.); φρόνησίς τε καὶ ξ. Pl. Cra. 411a; ς. λαβεῖν, of children, Arist. EN 1161b26; μοῖραν ἔχειν συνέσεως (αἰσθήσεως) Democr. ap. Thphr. Sens. 71; also with qualifying words added, ς. φρενῶν Pi. N. 7.60; γνώμης ξ. Th. 1.75; ς. πολιτική Arist. Pol. 1291a28; ἡ περὶ τὴν διάνοιαν ς. Id. HA 588a23; ἡ ὑμετέρα ς. as form of address, Sammelb. 7433.6 (v A.D.).
2. c. gen. objecti, intelligence in a thing, sagacity in respect to it, Pl. Cra. 412c, D.S. 1.1; περὶ τῶν παρόντων Th. 2.97.
III conscience = συνείδησις, ἡ ς. (sc. μ' ἀπόλλυσι) · ὅτι σύνοιδα δείν' εἰργασμένος E. Or. 396, cf. Men. 632, Plb. 18.43.13. a branch of art or science, οἱ περὶ τὴν ς. ταύτην, i.e. music, Arist. Pol. 1342b8. knowledge, opp. ἄγνοια, Id. de An. 410b3. decision, decree, IG 5(1).1390.112 (Andania, i B.C.). (Plato (Cra. 412a) derives σύνεσις 11 from συνιέναι (σύνειμι) come together, neglecting the unwritten aspiration (συνἱέναι); but the form and signfs. point to συνίημι 11, perceive, apprehend, cf. Arist. EN 1143a17.)
σύνεσις , -εως , ἡ
(< συνίημι ),
[in LXX for H999 and cogn. forms, H4906, H1847, H2451, etc.;]
1. a running or flowing together (Hom.).
2. (a) understanding: Luke 2:47, 1 Corinthians 1:19 (LXX), Ephesians 3:4, Colossians 1:9; Colossians 2:2, 2 Timothy 2:7;
(b) the understanding, the mind or intelligence: Mark 12:33.†
SYN.: see σοφία G4678.
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a weight ranging from about 108 to 130 lbs., or a sum of money equivalent to a talent in weight. In a letter to a man in money difficulties BGU IV. 1079.16 (A.D. 41) (= Selections, p. 39) παρὰ τάλαντόν σοι πέπρακα τὰ φο [ρτ ]ία μου, the meaning appears to be ";for a talent I have sold my wares to you,"; or perhaps, ";a talent (i.e. wares for a talent) excepted, I have sold my wares to you"; : cf. Olsson Papyrus-briefe, p. 94.
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