- Transliteration: Philosophia

- Phonetic: fil-os-of-ee'-ah

- Definition:

1. love of wisdom

a. used either of zeal for or skill in any art or science, any branch of knowledge. Used once in the NT of the theology, or rather theosophy, of certain Jewish Christian ascetics, which busied itself with refined and speculative enquiries into the nature and classes of angels, into the ritual of the Mosaic law and the regulations of Jewish tradition respecting practical life

- Origin: from G5386" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5386

- TDNT entry: 11:52,1

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: From G5386" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5386; philosophy that is (specifically) Jewish sophistry: - philosophy.