5428. phronésis
Strong's Concordance
phronésis: understanding, practical wisdom
Original Word: φρόνησις, εως, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: phronésis
Phonetic Spelling: (fron'-ay-sis)
Short Definition: understanding
Definition: understanding (which leads to right action), practical wisdom, prudence.
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Cognate: 5428 phrónēsis (another feminine noun from the same root, phr-) – that brand of visceral opinion which pleases the Lord because shaped by God's inworkings of faith ("divine persuasion," 4102 /pístis), i.e. Christ-enlightened perspective which has the insight to make intelligent (shrewd) life-applications in the will of God. See 5429 (phronimos).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5428: φρόνησις

φρόνησις, φρονήσεως, (φρονέω), understanding: joined with σοφία (as 1 Kings 4:25 (29); Daniel 1:17, Theod.; σοφία ἀνδρί τίκτει φρόνησιν, Proverbs 10:23), Ephesians 1:8 (A. V. prudence; see σοφία, at the end); specifically, knowledcje 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).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
prudence, wisdom.

From phroneo; mental action or activity, i.e. Intellectual or moral insight -- prudence, wisdom.

see GREEK phroneo

Forms and Transliterations
φρονησει φρονήσει φρονήσεως φρονήσεώς φρόνησιν φρόνησίν φρόνησις φρόνησίς phronesei phronēsei phronḗsei
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2 Occurrences


φρονήσει — 2 Occ.

Luke 1:17 N-DFS
GRK: ἀπειθεῖς ἐν φρονήσει δικαίων ἑτοιμάσαι
NAS: and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous,
KJV: to the wisdom of the just;
INT: [the] disobedient to [the] wisdom of [the] righteous to make ready

Ephesians 1:8 N-DFS
GRK: σοφίᾳ καὶ φρονήσει
NAS: on us. In all wisdom and insight
KJV: wisdom and prudence;
INT: wisdom and understanding

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