φιλοσοφία philosophia · G5385
philosophy
Φιλο-σοφία, -ας, ἡ; (φιλόσοφος), [in LXX: 4Ma.1:1 4Mac 5:10 4Mac 5:22 4Mac 7:9 4Mac 7:21 * ; ] ; the love and pursuit of wisdom; hence, philosophy, investigation of truth and nature: of the so-called philosophy of false teachers, Col.2:8 (see Lft., ICC, in l).†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
φῐλοσοφ-ία, ἡ, ; love of knowledge, pursuit there of, speculation, []; defined as ἄσκησις ἐπιτηδείου τέχνης, Stoic. in []; 2 systematic, methodical treatment of a subject, ἐμπειρίᾳ μέτιθι καὶ φιλοσοφίᾳ []; ἡ περὶ τὰς ἔριδας φ. scientific treatment of argumentation, []; ἡ περὶ τοὺς λόγους φ. the study of oratory, []; 3 philosophy, []; sometimes also in [], and so later, διὰ τῆς φ. καὶ κενῆς ἀπάτης []; but more frequently without Article, τοῖς ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ ζῶσιν []; except when an adjective or …
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Source: TBESG G5385; TFLSJ G5385
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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