noun · feminine

panourgias

Greekπανουργία (panourgia)

Strong’sG3834

cunning, craftiness

stem panourgi-5 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

craftiness4×cunning1×

What it means

πανουργία, -ας, ἡ

(< πανοῦργος), [in LXX: Jos 9:4, Pr 1:4 8:5 (עׇרְמָה), Nu 24:22, Si 19:25 21:22 31 (34):10 (in all cases in good or indifferent sense)*;]

cleverness, in cl. nearly always in bad sense, craftiness, cunning, knavery: Lk 20:23, I Co 3:19 (LXX, φρόνησις, for עׇרְמָה) II Co 4:2 11:3, Eph 4:14.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3834 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpan-oorg-ee'-ah

adroitness, i.e. (in a bad sense) trickery or sophistry

Fromfrom G3835;

King James(cunning) craftiness, subtilty.

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	panourgias	panourgiais
object accusative	panourgian1×πανουργίαν	panourgiain
direct address vocative	panourgiar	panourgiair
of, belonging to genitive	panourgiau	panourgiaiu
to, for dative	panourgia4×πανουργίᾳ	panourgiai

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

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

panourgia 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

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

panourgian“craftiness”objectaccusative singular1×

Luke 20:23“craftiness”katanoaratos de autoiu tan panourgian legata pros autoin;But Jesus saw through their duplicity and said to them,

panourgia“craftiness”to, fordative singular4×

1 Corinthians 3:19“craftiness”tas gar sofias tou kosmou houtou mōrias para to theo atō; grafitē gar; Tos drasserōtos toin sofoin en ta panourgia autoiu;For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”

2 Corinthians 4:2“craftiness”alla apeiponena teim krupteim tau aischunau, mē peripatarōtois en panourgia mēde dolarōtois ton logon tou theou, alla ta fanerōsia tau alētheiau sunistanarōtois heautoin pros pantan suneidēsian anthrōpoiu enōpion tou theou.Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

2 Corinthians 11:3“cunning”fobemō de mē pōs, hōs tos ofios exapatata Heuan en ta panourgia autou, ftheiriteia teim noēmeim vu apo tau haplotau kai tau hagnotau tau eis ton Christon.I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

Ephesians 4:14“craftiness”hina mēketi aneiō nēpiois, kludōnizerōtois kai periferirōtois panto anemo tau didaskaliau en ta kubeia toiu anthrōpoiu en panourgia pros tan methodeian tau planau,Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.