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Lexicon :: Strong's G4907 - synesis

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σύνεσις
Transliteration
synesis (Key)
Pronunciation
soon'-es-is
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:888,1119

Strong’s Definitions

σύνεσις sýnesis, soon'-es-is; from G4920; a mental putting together, i.e. intelligence or (concretely) the intellect:—knowledge, understanding.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G4907 in the following manner: understanding (6x), knowledge (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G4907 in the following manner: understanding (6x), knowledge (1x).

  1. a running together, a flowing together with

  2. knowledge

    1. understanding

    2. the understanding, i.e the mind so far forth as it understands

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σύνεσις sýnesis, soon'-es-is; from G4920; a mental putting together, i.e. intelligence or (concretely) the intellect:—knowledge, understanding.
STRONGS G4907:
σύνεσις, συνέσεως, ἡ (συνίημι, which see);
1. a running together, a flowing together: of two rivers, Homer, Odyssey 10, 515.
2.
a. from Pindar down, understanding: Luke 2:47; 1 Corinthians 1:19 (from Isaiah 29:14); Ephesians 3:4; Colossians 2:2; 2 Timothy 2:7; πνευματικῇ, Colossians 1:9.
b. the understanding, i. e. the mind so far forth as it understands: Mark 12:33; Wis. 4:11. (The Sept. for בִּינָה, תֲּבוּנָה, דַּעַת, מַדַע, שֵׂכֶל, etc.; also for מַשׂכִיל, a poem.) (Synonym: see σοφία, at the end; cf. Lightfoot on Colossians 1:9; Schmidt, chapter 147, 8.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
29:14
Mark
12:33
Luke
2:47
1 Corinthians
1:19
Ephesians
3:4
Colossians
1:9; 1:9; 2:2
2 Timothy
2:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4907 matches the Greek σύνεσις (synesis),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in 'Job' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30 - Is there any injustice on my tongue?
Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:13 - “With God[fn] are wisdom and might;
he has counsel and understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:16 - With him are strength and sound wisdom;
the deceived and the deceiver are his.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:20 - He deprives of speech those who are trusted
and takes away the discernment of the elders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:2 - “Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge,
and fill his belly with the east wind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:3 - I hear censure that insults me,
and out of my understanding a spirit answers me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:22 - Will any teach God knowledge,
seeing that he judges those who are on high?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:2 - “Can a man be profitable to God?
Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:20 - “From where, then, does wisdom come?
And where is the place of understanding?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:3 - My words declare the uprightness of my heart,
and what my lips know they speak sincerely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:35 - ‘Job speaks without knowledge;
his words are without insight.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:4 - “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:17 - because God has made her forget wisdom
and given her no share in understanding.
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