Strong G5283ὑπόνοια

suspicion

Transliteration
huponoia
Pronunciation
hoop-on'-oy-ah
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G5282; suspicion: - surmising.

Detailed definition

ὑπόνοια, -ας, ἡ
(ὑπονοέω), [in LXX: Dan LXX 4:16, 32 5:6 (רַעְיוֹן), Sir 3:34*;]
a suspicion: 1Ti.6:4.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G5283 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • surmisings1

First verses

  1. 1 Timothy 6:4
    He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὑπόνοια, ἡ,
(ὑπονοέω) suspicion, conjecture, guess, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 993 (_plural_, _anapaest meter_); τοῦ μὴ συνειληφέναι 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.54, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.663)]; ὑπόνοιαι τῶν μελλόντων notions formed of future events, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.87; ἡ ὑ. τῶν ἔργων [prev. author] 2.41, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1133)]; in bad sense, ὑπόνοιαι πλασταί [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 48.39, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 732.)]
2 suggestion, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.71 K.)]; imputation, [Refs ([prev. author] “D.” 1.13.)]
II the real meaning which lies at the bottom of a thing, deeper sense, τὰς ὑ. οὐκ ἐπίστανται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 3.6)]; especially covert meaning (such as is conveyed by myths and allegories), ὁ.. νέος οὐχ οἷός τε κρίνειν ὅτι τε ὑ. καὶ ὃ μή [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 378d, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.19e)]; opposed to αἰσχρολογία, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1128a24; καθ᾽ ὑπόνοιαν)]by insinuation, covertly, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 28.4.5, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 9.1; δι᾽ ὑπονοιῶν 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 2.4.)]