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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #5428 - φρόνησις

Transliteration

phrónēsis

Phonetics

fron'-ay-sis

Origin

from (G5426)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

9:220,1277

Definition

Thayer's

understanding
knowledge and holy love of the will of God

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 999 ‑ בִּינָה (bee‑naw'); 1847 ‑ דַּעַת (dah'‑ath); 2451 ‑ חָכְמָה (khok‑maw'); 3820 ‑ לֵב (labe); 6195 ‑ עָרְמָה (or‑maw'); 7307 ‑ רוּחַ (roo'‑akh); 7922 ‑ שֵׂכֶל (seh'‑kel, say'‑kel); 8394 ‑ תּוֹבֻנָה (taw‑boon', teb‑oo‑naw', to‑boo‑naw');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (2)

Luke

Ephesians

NAS (2)

Luke

Ephesians

HCS (2)

Luke

Ephesians

BSB (2)

Luke

Ephesians

ESV (1)

Luke

WEB (2)

Luke

Ephesians

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

φρόν-ησις, εως, ἡ,

purpose, intention, S. OT 664 (lyr.); φρόνησιν λαβεῖν λῴω ἡμῖν Id. Ph. 1078.

2. thought, ἰδία φ., opp. λόγος ξυνός, Heraclit. 2; φ. ἔχειν Emp. 110.10, cf. Arist. Metaph. 1009b18.

3. sense, εἴ τις ἄρα τοῖς ἐκεῖ φ. περὶ τῶν ἐνθάδε γιγνομένων Isoc. 14.61.

4. judgment, κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν φ. οὐδεὶς εὐτυχεῖ Men. Mon. 306.

5. arrogance, pride, E. Supp. 216; also in good sense, τὸ φῦναι πατρὸς εὐγενοῦς ἄπο ὅσην ἔχει φρόνησιν just pride, Id. Fr. 739.

II practical wisdom, prudence in government and affairs, Pl. Smp. 209a, Arist. EN 1140a24, 1141b23, Isoc. 12.204,217, Plu. 2.97e, etc.; φιλοσοφίας τιμιώτερον ὑπάρχει φ. Epicur. Ephesians 3 p.64U.: opp. ἀμαθία, Pl. Smp. 202a; opp. σῶμα, Id. R. 461a; opp. ῥώμη, Isoc. 1.6; φρόνησιν ἀσκεῖν X. Mem. 1.2.10, Isoc. 1.40, cf. 15.209: pl., ἡδοναὶ καὶ φρονήσεις Pl. Phlb. 63a; ἡλικίαι καὶ φ. Id. Lg. 665d; also attributed to sagacious animals, Arist. GA 753a12, HA 608a15.

III Pythag. name for three, Theol.Ar. 14.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

φρόνησις , -εως , ἡ

(< φρονέω ),

[in LXX for H999, H8394, H2451, etc.;]

understanding, practical wisdom, prudence: Luke 1:17, Ephesians 1:8.†

SYN.: see σοφία G4678, and cf. Lft., Notes, 317.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";grass,"; ";hay"; : P Petr III. 62 (b).6 (iii/B.C.) χόρτου ξηροῦ, P Lille 5.63 (B.C. 260–259) χόρτου σπέρματος P Ryl II. 129.12 (A.D. 30) ἤροσάν μου χόρτου δέσμας πεντηκοσίας, ";they carried off five hundred bundles of my hay,"; BGU I. 248.25 (i/A.D.) δήλωσον δέ μοι, πόσου εἰς κοπὴν ὁ χόρτος πιπράσκεται, P Fay 119.6 (c. A.D. 100) χόρτον σαπρόν, ";rotten hay,"; P Oxy III. 499.15 (A.D. 121) ὥστε ξυλαμῆσαι χόρτον εἰς κοπὴν καὶ ἐπινομήν, ";so as to be cultivated wilh grass for cutting and grazing,"; P Flor I. 127.23 (A.D. 256) χλωρὸ [ν χ ]όρτον ποιῆσον ἐνεχθῆναι, and P Oxy VIII. 1107.3 (v/vi A.D.) χόρτον, ";green crops"; (Ed.). For the adj. see PSI VI. 579.6 (B.C. 246–5) τὴν χορτοφόρον γῆν παραδείξας Ἰάσονι.

List of Word Forms

φρονησει φρονήσει φρονήσεως φρονήσεώς φρόνησιν φρόνησίν φρόνησις φρόνησίς phronesei phronēsei phronḗsei

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