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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 36 times in 35 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:1 -

Now it happened when all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard how Yahweh had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the sons of Israel until [fn]they had crossed, that their hearts melted, and there was no spirit in them any longer because of the sons of Israel.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:10 -

“Those who contend with Yahweh will be dismayed;

Against them He will thunder in the heavens;

Yahweh will render justice to the ends of the earth,

And He will give strength to His king,

And He will exalt the [fn]horn of His anointed.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:28 - Then all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had [fn]handed down, and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:29 -

And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of understanding in his heart, like the sand that is on the seashore.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:30 - And Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:4 - Then the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:6 - Then she said to the king, “The word is true which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:8 - “How blessed are your men, how blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:23 -

So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:24 - And all the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:41 -

Now the rest of the acts of Solomon and whatever he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:13 -

“He catches the wise by their own craftiness,

And the counsel of the twisted is quickly thwarted.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:4 -

“For You have hidden their heart from insight,

Therefore You will not exalt them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:2 -

To know wisdom and discipline,

To understand the sayings of understanding,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:13 -

How blessed is the man who finds wisdom

And the man who obtains discernment.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:19 -

Yahweh by wisdom founded the earth,

By discernment He established the heavens.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:4 -

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”

And call understanding your intimate friend;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:1 -

Does not wisdom call,

And discernment give forth her voice?

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:14 -

“Counsel is mine and sound wisdom;

I am understanding, might is mine.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:6 -

[fn]Forsake your simplicity and live,

And step into the way of understanding.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:16 -

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here,”

And to him who lacks a heart of wisdom she says,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:23 -

Doing wickedness is like laughing to a fool,

And so is wisdom to a man of discernment.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:29 -

He who is slow to anger has great discernment,

But he who is [fn]quick-tempered raises up folly.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:16 -

How much better it is to acquire wisdom than fine gold!

And to acquire understanding is to be chosen above silver.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:8 -

He who acquires a heart of wisdom loves his own soul;

He who keeps discernment will find good.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:5 -

A wise man is [fn]strong,

And a man of knowledge strengthens his power.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:2 -

Surely I am more senseless than any man,

And I do not have the understanding of mankind.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:28 -

Do you not know? Have you not heard?

The Everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth,

Does not become weary or tired.

His understanding is unsearchable.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:19 - No one causes this to return to his heart, nor is there knowledge or understanding to say, “I have burned half of it in the fire and also have baked bread over its coals. I roast meat and eat it. Then [fn]I make the rest of it into an abomination; [fn]I fall down before a block of wood!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:12 -

It is He who made the earth by His power,

Who established the world by His wisdom;

And by His understanding He has stretched out the heavens.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:4 -

“By your wisdom and understanding

You have acquired wealth for yourself

And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:4 - youths in whom was no defect, who were good in appearance, showing insight in every branch of wisdom, being thoroughly [fn]knowledgeable and discerning knowledge, and who had ability to stand in the king’s palace; and he said for him to teach them the [fn]literature and tongue of the Chaldeans.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:17 -

And as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and insight in every branch of [fn]literature and wisdom; Daniel even understood all kinds of visions and dreams.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:21 -

“And He changes the times and the seasons;

He removes kings and [fn]establishes kings;

He gives wisdom to wise men

And knowledge to [fn]men of understanding.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:12 - This was because an extraordinary spirit, knowledge and insight, interpretation of dreams, explanation of enigmas, and [fn]solving of difficult problems were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Let Daniel now be summoned, and he will declare the interpretation.”
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