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Lexicon :: Strong's G5428 - phronēsis

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φρόνησις
Transliteration
phronēsis (Key)
Pronunciation
fron'-ay-sis
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:220,1277

Trench's Synonyms: lxxv. σοφία, φρόνησις, γνῶσις, ἐπίγνωσις.

Strong’s Definitions

φρόνησις phrónēsis, fron'-ay-sis; from G5426; mental action or activity, i.e. intellectual or moral insight:—prudence, wisdom.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G5428 in the following manner: wisdom (1x), prudence (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G5428 in the following manner: wisdom (1x), prudence (1x).
  1. understanding

  2. knowledge and holy love of the will of God

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φρόνησις phrónēsis, fron'-ay-sis; from G5426; mental action or activity, i.e. intellectual or moral insight:—prudence, wisdom.
STRONGS G5428:
φρόνησις, φρονήσεως, (φρονέω), understanding: joined with σοφία (as 1 Kings 4:25 (29); Daniel 1:17, Theod.; σοφία ἀνδρί τίκτει φρόνησιν, Proverbs 10:23), Ephesians 1:8 (A. V. prudence; see σοφία, at the end); specifically, knowledge and holy love of the will of God (A. V. wisdom), Luke 1:17 (Wis. 3:15; the Sept. for בִּינָה, תְּבוּנָה, חָכְמָה; used variously by Greek writers from Sophocles and Euripides down).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Kings
4:25
Proverbs
10:23
Daniel
1:17
Luke
1:17
Ephesians
1:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5428 matches the Greek φρόνησις (phronēsis),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:17 - and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:8 - which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight
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