σύνεσις sunesis · G4907

understanding

σύνεσις, -εως, ἡ; (συνίημι), [in LXX for בִּינָה and cogn. forms, מַשְׂכִּית, דַּעַת, חׇכְמָה, etc. ; ] ; 1. a running or flowing together (Hom.). ; 2. (a) understanding: Luk.2:47, 1Co.1:19" (LXX), Eph.3:4, Col.1:9 2:2, 2Ti.2:7 ; (b) the understanding, the mind or intelligence: Mrk.12:33.†; SYN.: see: σοφία (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

σύνεσις, ; Attic dialect ξύνεσις, εως, ἡ, (συνίημι) uniting, union, πέτρη τε ξύνεσίς τε δύω ποταμῶν []; 2 metaphorically, with allusion to {συνεσθίω} signification and signification[]; II faculty of quick comprehension, mother-wit, sagacity, []; hence of animals, ὃ [ζῷον] συνέσει.. ὑπερέχει τῶν ἄλλων []; φρόνησίς τε καὶ ξ. []; σ. λαβεῖν, of children, []; μοῖραν ἔχειν συνέσεως (αἰσθήσεως) []; also with qualifying words added, σ. φρενῶν []; γνώμης ξ. []; ἡ περὶ τὴν διάνοιαν σ. []; ἡ ὑμετέρα σ. as …

Where it's used 7 times

Mark 12:33 · Luke 2:47 · 1 Corinthians 1:19 · Ephesians 3:4 · Colossians 1:9 · Colossians 2:2 · 2 Timothy 2:7

Source: TBESG G4907; TFLSJ G4907

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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