noun · feminine
fronēsias
Greekφρόνησις (fronēsis)
Strong’sG5428
understanding
stem fronēsi-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
φρόνησις, -εως, ἡ
(< φρονέω), [in LXX for בִּינָה, תְּבוּנָה, חׇכְמָה, etc.;]
SYN.: v.s. σοφία, and cf. Lft., Notes, 317.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5428 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidfron'-ay-sis
mental action or activity, i.e. intellectual or moral insight
Fromfrom G5426;
King Jamesprudence, wisdom.
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 | fronēsias | fronēsiais |
| object accusative | fronēsian | fronēsiain |
| direct address vocative | fronēsiar | fronēsiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | fronēsiau | fronēsiaiu |
| to, for dative | fronēsia2×φρονήσει | fronēsiai |
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
fronēsia 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
fronēsia“wisdom”to, fordative singular2×
Luke 1:17“wisdom”kai autos proercheti enōpion autou en pneume kai dunamia Ēliaou, epistrefara kardiain patēroiu epi tekneim kai apeithoin en fronēsia dikaioiu, hetoimazara kurio laon kataskeuazirēton.And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous — to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
Ephesians 1:8“insight”hau perisseuata eis nin en panta sofia kai fronēsiathat He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.