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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, ἡ (φρονέω), understanding: joined with σοφία (as 1 Kings 4:25 (29); Daniel 1:17, Theod.; ἡ 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 36 times in 35 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:1 - And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:10 - The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:28 - And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:29 - And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:30 - And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:4 - And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:6 - And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:8 - Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:23 - So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:24 - And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:41 - And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:13 - He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:4 - For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:2 - To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:13 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:19 - The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:4 - Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:1 - Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:14 - Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:6 - Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:16 - Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:23 - It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:29 - He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:16 - How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:8 - He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:5 - A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:2 - Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:28 - Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:19 - And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:12 - He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:4 - With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:4 - Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:17 - As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:21 - And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:12 - Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
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