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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:10 - “Those who contend with the LORD will be shattered;
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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:28

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:29

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:30 - Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:4 - When the queen of Sheba perceived all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:6 - Then she said to the king, “It was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:8

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:23 - So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:24 - All the earth was seeking the presence of 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 - 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?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:13 - “He captures the wise by their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:4 - “For You have [fn]kept their heart from understanding,
Therefore You will not exalt them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:2 - To know wisdom and instruction,
To discern the sayings of understanding,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:13 - How blessed is the man who finds wisdom
And the man who gains understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:19 - The LORD by wisdom founded the earth,
By understanding He established the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:4 - Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And call understanding your intimate friend;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:1 - Does not wisdom call,
And understanding [fn]lift up 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, power is mine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:6 - “[fn]Forsake your folly and live,
And proceed in the way of understanding.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:16 - “Whoever is [fn]naive, let him turn in here,”
And to him who lacks [fn]understanding she says,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:23 - Doing wickedness is like sport to a fool,
And so is wisdom to a man of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:29 - He who is slow to anger has great understanding,
But he who is [fn]quick-tempered exalts folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:16

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:8 - He who gets [fn]wisdom loves his own soul;
He who keeps understanding will find good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:5 - A wise man is [fn]strong,
And a man of knowledge [fn]increases power.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:28

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 inscrutable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:19 - No one [fn]recalls, 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!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:12

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:4

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:4 - youths in whom was no defect, who were good-looking, showing intelligence in every branch of wisdom, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability for [fn]serving in the king’s [fn]court; and he ordered him to teach them the [fn]literature and language of the Chaldeans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:17 - As for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and intelligence in every branch of [fn]literature and wisdom; Daniel even understood all kinds of visions and dreams.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:21 - “It is He who changes the times and the epochs;
He removes kings and [fn]establishes kings;
He gives wisdom to wise men
And knowledge to [fn]men of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:12

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