Strong's Lexicon

G5428

G5428 — φρόνησις

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekphronesisnounOccurrences: 2

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G5428
Word:φρόνησις
Part of Speech:noun
Etymology:from G5426
Language:Greek
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:phronesis
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:fron'-ay-sis
Meaning:1. mental action or activity, i.e. intellectual or moral insight
KJV Renderings:prudence, wisdom

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

φρόνησις, φρονήσεως, (φρονέω), understanding: joined with σοφία (as 1Ki 4:25 (29); Dan 1:17, Theod.; ἡ σοφία ἀνδρί τίκτει φρόνησιν, Pro 10:23), Eph 1:8 (A. V. prudence; see σοφία, at the end); specifically, knowledcje and holy love of the will of God (A. V. wisdom), Luk 1:17 (Wis 3:15; the Sept. for áÄÌéðÈä, úÀÌáåÌðÈä, çÈëÀîÈä; used variously by Greek writers from Sophocles and Euripides down).

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

φρόνησις (prudence)

Luke 1:17

KJV: 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
GK: και αυτός προελεύσεται ενώπιον αυτού εν πνεύματι και δυνάμει Ηλίου επιστρέψαι καρδίας πατέρων επί τέκνα και απειθείς εν φρονήσει δικαίων ετοιμάσαι κυρίω λαόν κατεσκευασμένον

Ephesians 1:8

KJV: Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence
GK: ης επερίσσευσεν εις ημάς εν πάση σοφία και φρονήσει
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