King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2941
Transliteration: kybernēsis
Phonetic Spelling: (koo-ber'-nay-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: steering, government, administration
Meaning: steering, government, administration
κυβέρνησις, κυβερνήσεως, ἡ (κυβερνάω (Latingubernare, to govern)), a governing, government: 1 Corinthians 12:28 (others would take it tropically here, and render it wise counsels (R. V. marginal reading); so Hesychius: κυβερνήσεις. προνοητικαι ἐπίστημαι καί φρονησεις; cf. Schleusner, Thesaurus in the Sept., under the word, and to the references below add Proverbs 11:14; Job 37:12 Symm.); (Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 24:6; Pindar, Plato, Plutarch, others).
Word Summary
kybernēsis: steering, government, administration
Original Word: κυβέρνησιςTransliteration: kybernēsis
Phonetic Spelling: (koo-ber'-nay-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: steering, government, administration
Meaning: steering, government, administration
Strong's Concordance
government. From kubernao (of Latin origin, to steer); pilotage, i.e. (figuratively) directorship (in the church) -- government.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2941: κυβέρνησιςκυβέρνησις, κυβερνήσεως, ἡ (κυβερνάω (Latingubernare, to govern)), a governing, government: 1 Corinthians 12:28 (others would take it tropically here, and render it wise counsels (R. V. marginal reading); so Hesychius: κυβερνήσεις. προνοητικαι ἐπίστημαι καί φρονησεις; cf. Schleusner, Thesaurus in the Sept., under the word, and to the references below add Proverbs 11:14; Job 37:12 Symm.); (Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 24:6; Pindar, Plato, Plutarch, others).