Strong G5428φρόνησις
understanding
- Transliteration
- phronēsis
- Pronunciation
- fron'-ay-sis
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G5426; mental action or activity that is intellectual or moral insight: - prudence wisdom.
Detailed definition
φρόνησις, -εως, ἡ
(φρονέω), [in LXX for בִּינָה, תָּבוּן, חׇכְמָה, etc.;]
understanding, practical wisdom, prudence: Luk.1:17, Eph.1:8.†
SYN.: see: σοφία, and cf. Lft., Notes, 317 (AS)
(φρονέω), [in LXX for בִּינָה, תָּבוּן, חׇכְמָה, etc.;]
understanding, practical wisdom, prudence: Luk.1:17, Eph.1:8.†
SYN.: see: σοφία, and cf. Lft., Notes, 317 (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5428 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- prudence1
- wisdom1
First verses
- Luke 1:17And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
- Ephesians 1:8Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
φρόν-ησις, εως, ἡ,
purpose, intention, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 664 (Lyric poetry); φρόνησιν λαβεῖν λῴω ἡμῖν [prev. author] “Ph.” 1078.)]
2 thought, ἰδία φ., opposed to λόγος ξυνός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 2; φ. ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 110.10, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1009b18.)]
3 sense, εἴ τις ἄρα τοῖς ἐκεῖ φ. περὶ τῶν ἐνθάδε γιγνομένων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 14.61.)]
4 judgment, κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν φ. οὐδεὶς εὐτυχεῖ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 306.)]
5 arrogance, pride, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 216)]; also in good sense, τὸ φῦναι πατρὸς εὐγενοῦς ἄπο ὅσην ἔχει φρόνησιν just pride, [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 739.)]
II practical wisdom, prudence in government and affairs, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 209a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1140a24, 1141b23, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.204,217, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.97e, etc.; φιλοσοφίας τιμιώτερον ὑπάρχει φ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.64U.: opposed to ἀμαθία, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 202a)]; opposed to σῶμα, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 461a)]; opposed to ῥώμη, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.6; φρόνησιν ἀσκεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.10, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.40, compare 15.209: _plural_, ἡδοναὶ καὶ φρονήσεις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 63a; ἡλικίαι καὶ φ. [prev. author] “Lg.” 665d)]; also attributed to sagacious animals, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 753a12, “HA” 608a15.)]
III [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus)] name for three, [Refs (Theol.Ar. 14.)]
purpose, intention, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 664 (Lyric poetry); φρόνησιν λαβεῖν λῴω ἡμῖν [prev. author] “Ph.” 1078.)]
2 thought, ἰδία φ., opposed to λόγος ξυνός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 2; φ. ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 110.10, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1009b18.)]
3 sense, εἴ τις ἄρα τοῖς ἐκεῖ φ. περὶ τῶν ἐνθάδε γιγνομένων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 14.61.)]
4 judgment, κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν φ. οὐδεὶς εὐτυχεῖ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 306.)]
5 arrogance, pride, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 216)]; also in good sense, τὸ φῦναι πατρὸς εὐγενοῦς ἄπο ὅσην ἔχει φρόνησιν just pride, [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 739.)]
II practical wisdom, prudence in government and affairs, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 209a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1140a24, 1141b23, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.204,217, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.97e, etc.; φιλοσοφίας τιμιώτερον ὑπάρχει φ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.64U.: opposed to ἀμαθία, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 202a)]; opposed to σῶμα, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 461a)]; opposed to ῥώμη, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.6; φρόνησιν ἀσκεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.10, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.40, compare 15.209: _plural_, ἡδοναὶ καὶ φρονήσεις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 63a; ἡλικίαι καὶ φ. [prev. author] “Lg.” 665d)]; also attributed to sagacious animals, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 753a12, “HA” 608a15.)]
III [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus)] name for three, [Refs (Theol.Ar. 14.)]