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Understanding

φρόνησιςStrong’s G5428

phronēsis

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Phronēsis is the Greek word usually translated “wisdom” and “understanding”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“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.”
Luke 1:17 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “wisdom” and “understanding”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • wisdom 1
  • in understanding 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1
  • Ephesians 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

φρόνησις phronēsis · understanding

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)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “understanding” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

UNDERSTAND'ING, participle present

tense

  1. Comprehending; apprehending the ideas or sense of another, or of a writing; learning or being informed.
  2. adjective Knowing; skillful.
All definitions and other forms of “understanding”

    UNDERSTAND'ING, noun

    1. The faculty of the human mind by which it apprehends the real state of things presented to it, or by which it receives or comprehends the ideas which others express and intend to communicate. Luke 24:45Ephesians 1:18“There is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth him understanding” Job 32:8
    2. Knowledge; exact comprehension.
    3. Intelligence between two or more persons; agreement of minds; union of sentiments.

    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.