noun · feminine
filosofias
Strong’sG5385
love of wisdom, philosophy
stem filosofi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** Φιλο-σοφία, -ας, ἡ
(< φιλόσοφος), [in LXX: IV Mac 1:1 5:10, 22 7:9, 21 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5385 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidfil-os-of-ee'-ah
"philosophy", i.e. (specially), Jewish sophistry
Fromfrom G5386;
King Jamesphilosophy.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
love of knowledge, pursuit there of, speculation, Refs 5th c.BC+; defined as ἄσκησις ἐπιτηδείου τέχνης, Stoic. in Refs
2 systematic, methodical treatment of a subject, ἐμπειρίᾳ μέτιθι καὶ φιλοσοφίᾳ Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ περὶ τὰς ἔριδας φ. scientific treatment of argumentation, Refs; ἡ περὶ τοὺς λόγους φ. the study of oratory, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 philosophy, Refs 5th c.BC+; sometimes also in Refs 5th c.BC+, and so later, διὰ τῆς φ. καὶ κενῆς ἀπάτης NT; but more frequently without Article, τοῖς ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ ζῶσιν Refs 5th c.BC+; except when an adjective or some qualifying word is added to ἡ θεία φ. Refs 5th c.BC+; so later ἡ Ἰωνικὴ φ. Refs 1st c.AD+metaphysic, Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | filosofias | filosofiais |
| object accusative | filosofian | filosofiain |
| direct address vocative | filosofiar | filosofiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | filosofiau1×φιλοσοφίας | filosofiaiu |
| to, for dative | filosofia | filosofiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
filosofia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
filosofiau“philosophy”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Colossians 2:8… vin eti tos sulagōgarōntos dia tau filosofiau kai kenau apatau kata tan paradosian …… no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based …