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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 Jesus perceived their deceit and said to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:19 - For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As 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 rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:3 - But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his treachery, your minds may 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 we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes.
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