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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 BoxLuk 20:23 - He saw through their duplicity 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 foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”[fn];

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:2 - Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we 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 just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:14 - Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.
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