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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 came about 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 the LORD 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 the LORD will be terrified;

Against them He will thunder in the heavens,

The LORD will judge the ends of the earth;

And He will give strength to His king,

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

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

Now God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of [fn]mind, like the sand that is on the seashore.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:30 - Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the [fn]people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:4 - When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:6 - Then she said to the king, “It was a true [fn]story that I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:8 - “Blessed are your men, and blessed are these servants of yours 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 wealth and wisdom.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:24 - And all the earth was seeking the [fn]attention 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 captures the wise by their own cleverness,

And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:4 -

“For You have [fn]kept their hearts away from understanding;

Therefore You will not exalt them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:2 -

To know wisdom and instruction,

To discern the sayings of understanding,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:13 -

Blessed is a person who finds wisdom,

And one who obtains understanding.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:19 -

The LORD founded the earth by wisdom,

He established the heavens by understanding.

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 understanding [fn]raise her voice?

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:14 -

“Advice is mine and sound wisdom;

I am understanding, power is mine.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:6 -

[fn]Abandon your foolishness and live,

And proceed in the way of understanding.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:16 -

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

And to him who lacks [fn]understanding she says,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:23 -

Doing wickedness is like sport to a fool,

And so is wisdom to a person of understanding.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:29 -

One who is slow to anger has great understanding;

But one who is [fn]quick-tempered exalts foolishness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:16 -

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold!

And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:8 -

One who gets [fn]wisdom loves his own soul;

One who keeps understanding will find good.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:5 -

A wise man is [fn]strong,

And a person of knowledge [fn]increases power.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:2 -

I am certainly more stupid than any man,

And I do not have the understanding of a man;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:28 -

Do you not know? Have you not heard?

The Everlasting God, the LORD, 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 [fn]remembers, 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 bow 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 riches for yourself

And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:4 - youths in whom there was no impairment, who were good-looking, suitable for instruction in every kind of expertise, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability to [fn]serve in the king’s [fn]court; and he ordered Ashpenaz to teach them the [fn]literature and language of the Chaldeans.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:17 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:21 -

“It is He who changes the times and the periods;

He removes kings and appoints kings;

He gives wisdom to wise men,

And knowledge to [fn]people of understanding.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:12 - This was because an extraordinary spirit, knowledge and insight, interpretation of dreams, explanation of riddles, and 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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