Lexicon :: Strong's G5385 - philosophia

φιλοσοφία
Transliteration
philosophia (Key)
Pronunciation
fil-os-of-ee'-ah
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From φιλόσοφος (G5386)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
φιλοσοφίας — 1x
φιλοσοφίας — 1x
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TDNT Reference: 9:172,1269

Strong’s Definitions

φιλοσοφία philosophía, fil-os-of-ee'-ah; from G5386; "philosophy", i.e. (specially), Jewish sophistry:—philosophy.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G5385 in the following manner: philosophy (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G5385 in the following manner: philosophy (1x).

  1. love of wisdom

    1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φιλοσοφία philosophía, fil-os-of-ee'-ah; from G5386; "philosophy", i.e. (specially), Jewish sophistry:—philosophy.
STRONGS G5385:
φιλοσοφία, φιλοσοφίας, ἡ (from φιλόσοφος), properly, love (and pursuit) of wisdom; used in the Greek writings of either zeal for or skill in any art or science, any branch of knowledge, see Passow, under the word (cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word). Once in the N. T. of the theology, or rather theosophy, of certain Jewish-Christian ascetics, which busied itself with refined and speculative inquiries into the nature and classes of angels, into the ritual of the Mosaic law and the regulations of Jewish tradition respecting practical life: Colossians 2:8; see Grimm on 4 Macc. 1:1, p. 298f; (Lightfoot on Colossians, the passage cited, and Prof. Westcott in B. D., under the word Philosophy).
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