King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5428
Transliteration: phronēsis
Phonetic Spelling: (fron'-ay-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: understanding, practical wisdom
Meaning: understanding, practical wisdom
φρόνησις, φρονήσεως, ἡ (φρονέω), understanding: joined with σοφία (as 1 Kings 4:25 (29); Daniel 1:17, Theod.; ἡ σοφία ἀνδρί τίκτει φρόνησιν, Proverbs 10:23), Ephesians 1:8 (A. V. prudence; see σοφία, at the end); specifically, knowledcje and holy love of the will of God (A. V. wisdom), Luke 1:17 (Wis. 3:15; the Sept. for בִּינָה, תְּבוּנָה, חָכְמָה; used variously by Greek writers from Sophocles and Euripides down).
Word Summary
phronēsis: understanding, practical wisdom
Original Word: φρόνησιςTransliteration: phronēsis
Phonetic Spelling: (fron'-ay-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: understanding, practical wisdom
Meaning: understanding, practical wisdom
Strong's Concordance
prudence, wisdom. From phroneo; mental action or activity, i.e. Intellectual or moral insight -- prudence, wisdom.
see GREEK phroneo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5428: φρόνησιςφρόνησις, φρονήσεως, ἡ (φρονέω), understanding: joined with σοφία (as 1 Kings 4:25 (29); Daniel 1:17, Theod.; ἡ σοφία ἀνδρί τίκτει φρόνησιν, Proverbs 10:23), Ephesians 1:8 (A. V. prudence; see σοφία, at the end); specifically, knowledcje and holy love of the will of God (A. V. wisdom), Luke 1:17 (Wis. 3:15; the Sept. for בִּינָה, תְּבוּנָה, חָכְמָה; used variously by Greek writers from Sophocles and Euripides down).