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Lexicon :: Strong's G3834 - panourgia

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πανουργία
Transliteration
panourgia (Key)
Pronunciation
pan-oorg-ee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
5x in 2 unique form(s) TR
5x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
4x in 2 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:722,770

Strong’s Definitions

πανουργία panourgía, pan-oorg-ee'-ah; from G3835; adroitness, i.e. (in a bad sense) trickery or sophistry:—(cunning) craftiness, subtilty.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G3834 in the following manner: craftiness (3x), subtlety (1x), cunning craftiness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G3834 in the following manner: craftiness (3x), subtlety (1x), cunning craftiness (1x).

  1. craftiness, cunning

  2. a specious or false wisdom

  3. in a good sense, prudence, skill, in undertaking and carrying on affairs

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πανουργία panourgía, pan-oorg-ee'-ah; from G3835; adroitness, i.e. (in a bad sense) trickery or sophistry:—(cunning) craftiness, subtilty.
STRONGS G3834:
πανουργία, πανουργίας, ἡ (πανοῦργος, which see), craftiness, cunning: Luke 20:23; 2 Corinthians 4:2; 2 Corinthians 11:3; Ephesians 4:14; contextually equivalent to a specious or false wisdom, 1 Corinthians 3:19. (Aeschylus, Sophocles, Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, Lucian, Aelian, others; πᾶσα τέ ἐπιστήμη χωριζομενη δικαιοσύνης καί τῆς ἄλλης ἀρετῆς πανουργία οὐ σοφία φαίνεται, Plato, Menex., p. 247 a. for עָרְמָה in a good sense, prudence, skill, in undertaking and carrying on affairs, Proverbs 1:4; Proverbs 8:5; Sir. 31:10 (Sir. 34:11.))
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Proverbs
1:4; 8:5
Luke
20:23
1 Corinthians
3:19
2 Corinthians
4:2; 11:3
Ephesians
4:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3834 matches the Greek πανουργία (panourgia),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:23 - But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:19 - For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:2 - But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice[fn] cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:3 - But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:14 - so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.
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