Cunning
κυβείαStrong’s G2940kubeia
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Kubeia is the Greek word usually translated “cunning”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;”
Meaning
Usually translated “cunning”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- cunning 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ephesians 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
κυβεία kubeia · cunning
κυβία (Mt. -εία, and so Rec.), -ας, ἡ (κύβος, a cube, a die), dice-playing; metaphorically, trickery, sleight: Eph.4:14.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “cunning” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CUNNING, adjective
[G. See Can.]
- Knowing; skillful; experienced; well-instructed.“Esau was a cunning hunter” Genesis 25:27“A cunning workman” Exodus 38:23
- Wrought with skill; curious; ingenious.“With cherubs of cunning work shalt thou make them” Exodus 26:1
- Artful; shrewd; sly; crafty; astute; designing; as a cunning fellow.
- Deceitful; trickish; employing stratagems for a bad purpose.
All definitions and other forms of “cunning”
- Assumed with subtilty; artful.
CUNNING, noun
- Knowledge; art; skill; dexterity.“Let my right hand forget her cunning” Psalms 137:5
- Art; artifice; artfulness; craft; shrewdness; the faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.