noun · feminine
sunesias
Strong’sG4907
understanding
stem sunesi-7 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books3 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.
σύνεσις, -εως, ἡ
(< συνίημι), [in LXX for בִּינָה and cogn. forms, מַשְׂכִּית, דַּעַת, חׇכְמָה, etc.;]
SYN.: v.s. σοφία
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4907 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsoon'-es-is
a mental putting together, i.e. intelligence or (concretely) the intellect
Fromfrom G4920;
King Jamesknowledge, understanding.
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
Attic dialect ξύνεσις, εως, ἡ, (συνίημι) uniting, union, πέτρη τε ξύνεσίς τε δύω ποταμῶν Refs 8th c.BC+
2 metaphorically, with allusion to {συνεσθίω} signification and significationRefs 3rd c.AD+
II faculty of quick comprehension, mother-wit, sagacity, NT+5th c.BC+; hence of animals, ὃ [ζῷον] συνέσει.. ὑπερέχει τῶν ἄλλων Refs 5th c.BC+; φρόνησίς τε καὶ ξ. Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. λαβεῖν, of children, Refs 4th c.BC+; μοῖραν ἔχειν συνέσεως (αἰσθήσεως) Refs 4th c.BC+; also with qualifying words added, σ. φρενῶν Refs 5th c.BC+; γνώμης ξ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ περὶ τὴν διάνοιαν σ. Refs; ἡ ὑμετέρα σ. as form of address, Refs 5th c.AD+
II.2 with genitive objecti, intelligence in a thing, sagacity in respect to it, Refs 5th c.BC+
III conscience ={συνείδησις}, ἡ σ. (i.e. μ᾽ ἀπόλλυσι) · ὅτι σύνοιδα δείν᾽ εἰργασμένος Refs 5th c.BC+
IV a branch of art or science, οἱ περὶ τὴν σ. ταύτην, i.e. music, Refs 4th c.BC+
IV.b knowledge, opposed to ἄγνοια, Refs
V decision, decree, Refs 1st c.BC+ (σύνειμι) come together, neglecting the unwritten aspiration (συνἱέναι); but the form and significations point to συνίημι 11, perceive, apprehend,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 | sunesias | sunesiais |
| object accusative | sunesian3×σύνεσιν | sunesiain |
| direct address vocative | sunesiar | sunesiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | sunesiau2×συνέσεως | sunesiaiu |
| to, for dative | sunesia2×συνέσει | sunesiai |
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
sunesia 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.
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
sunesian“insight”objectaccusative singular3×
1 Corinthians 1:19… tan sofian toiu sofoiu, kai tan sunesian toiu sunetoiu athetami.… the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
Ephesians 3:4pros hem dunovō anagnōskarōntois noara tan sunesian mu en te mustērie tou Christou,… will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,
2 Timothy 2:7“understanding”… legamō; dōati gar si tos kurios sunesian en pantei.… am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all things.
sunesiau“understanding”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Mark 12:33… tau kardiau kai ek holau tau sunesiau kai ek holau tau ischuau kai …… your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and …
Colossians 2:2… eis pantem ploutem tau plēroforiau tau sunesiau, eis epignōsian teu mustērieu tou theou, …… with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the …
sunesia“understanding”to, fordative singular2×
Luke 2:47… pantois tois akouarōntois autou epi ta sunesia kai tai apokrisiai autou.… heard Him were astounded at His understanding and His answers.
Colossians 1:9… thelēmeu autou en panta sofia kai sunesia pneumatika,… will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,