ΠΑΝΟΥΡΓΙΑ, πανουργια
PANOURGIA, panourgia
Sounds Like: pa-noor-GHEE-ah
Translations: craftiness, cunning, trickery, shrewdness, cleverness, a craftiness, a cunning, a trickery, a shrewdness, a cleverness
From the root: ΠΑΝΟΥΡΓΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a cleverness or skill in doing things, often implying a readiness to use any means, whether good or bad, to achieve a purpose. It can denote shrewdness or astuteness, but more frequently carries a negative connotation of deceit, trickery, or unscrupulous cunning. It describes a quality of being 'all-working' or 'capable of anything', which can manifest as either resourcefulness or mischievousness.
Inflection: Singular, Feminine, Nominative
Strong’s number: G3834 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΝΟΥΡΓΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΑΝΟΥΡΓΙΑΜΕΝ — craftiness, cunning, trickery, a craftiness, a cunning, a trickery
- ΠΑΝΟΥΡΓΙΑΝ — cunning, craftiness, trickery, shrewdness, artfulness
- ΠΑΝΟΥΡΓΙΑΣ — of craftiness, of cunning, of trickery, of treachery, of villainy, of unscrupulousness
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