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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 10 times in 10 verses in 'Isa' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:13 - For he has said,

“By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this,

For I have understanding;

And I removed the boundaries of the peoples

And plundered their treasures,

And like a mighty man I brought down [fn]their inhabitants,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:2 -

The Spirit of Yahweh will rest on Him,

The spirit of wisdom and understanding,

The spirit of counsel and might,

The spirit of knowledge and the fear of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:11 -

When its limbs are dry, they are broken off;

Women come and light a fire with them,

For they are not a people of discernment,

Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them.

And their Creator will not be gracious to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:14 -

Therefore behold, I will once again deal marvelously with this people, wondrously marvelous;

And the wisdom of their wise men will perish,

And the discernment of their discerning men will be hidden.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:24 -

“Those who err in spirit will know discernment,

And those who [fn]criticize will [fn]gain learning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:19 -

You will no longer see a fierce people,

A people of [fn]unintelligible speech [fn]which no one comprehends,

Of a stammering tongue [fn]which no one understands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:14 -

With whom did He take counsel and who gave Him understanding?

And who taught Him in the path of justice and taught Him knowledge

And made Him know the way of understanding?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:10 -

“You felt secure in your evil and said,

‘No one sees me,’

Your wisdom and your knowledge [fn]have turned you astray;

So you have said in your heart,

‘I am, and there is no one besides me.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:11 -

As a result of the [fn]anguish of His soul,

He will see [fn]it and be satisfied;

By His knowledge the Righteous One,

My Servant, will [fn]justify the many,

As He will bear their iniquities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:11 -

And the dogs have a strong [fn]appetite; they do not know satisfaction.

And they are shepherds who do not know understanding;

They have all turned to their own way,

Each one to his greedy gain, to the last one.

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