Craftiness
πανουργίαStrong’s G3834panourgia
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Panourgia is the Greek word usually translated “craftiness”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?”
Meaning
Usually translated “craftiness”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- craftiness 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Corinthians 2
- Luke 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
- Ephesians 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Corinthians 3:19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
- 2 Corinthians 4:2But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
- 2 Corinthians 11:3But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
- Ephesians 4:14That 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;
Greek dictionary
πανουργία panourgia · craftiness
πανουργία, -ας, ἡ (πανοῦργος), [in LXX: Jos.9:4, Pro.1:4 8:5 (עׇרְמָה), Num.24:22, Sir.19:25 21:22 31:10 (Sir.34:10) (in all cases in good or indifferent sense)* ;] cleverness, in cl. nearly always in bad sense, craftiness, cunning, knavery: Luk.20:23, 1Co.3:19 (LXX, φρόνησις, for עׇרְמָה) 2Co.4:2 11:3, Eph.4:14.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “craftiness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CRAFTINESS, noun
Artfulness; dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem.
- “He taketh the wise in their own craftiness” Job 5:13“Not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully” 2 Corinthians 4:2
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.