G5428: φρόνησις
phrónēsis · “understanding”
Definition
mental action or activity, i.e. intellectual or moral insight
KJV translates it as: prudence, wisdom
Word origin: from G5426 (φρονέω);
Extended 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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G5428 is translated
- the wisdom ×1
- in understanding ×1
Bible verses with G5428 (phrónēsis)
Phrónēsis appears in 2 verses.
- Luke 1:17
And 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 1:8
Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;