noun · feminine

filosofias

Greekφιλοσοφία (filosofia)

Strong’sG5385

love of wisdom, philosophy

stem filosofi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

philosophy1×

What it means

** Φιλο-σοφία, -ας, ἡ

(< φιλόσοφος), [in LXX: IV Mac 1:1 5:10, 22 7:9, 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 (v. Lft., ICC, in l.).†

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.

Every form

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

filosofistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

filosofiau“philosophy”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Colossians 2:8“philosophy”Blepavōr mē tinos vin eti tos sulagōgarōtos dia tau filosofiau kai kenau apatau kata tan paradosian toiu anthrōpoiu, kata teim stoicheieim tou kosmou kai ouk kata Christon;See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.