ΦΡΟΝΗΣΕΙ, φρονησει
PHRONĒSEI, phronēsei
Sounds Like: froh-NEE-say
Translations: to wisdom, to understanding, to prudence, to insight, to good sense
From the root: ΦΡΟΝΗΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to practical wisdom, understanding, or prudence. It implies a sound mind and good sense, often in a moral or ethical context. It describes the ability to make good judgments and act wisely in practical matters. In a sentence, it would indicate the means or instrument by which something is done, or the recipient of an action, due to its dative case.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5428 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:124
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:41
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 9:11
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 38:192
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 2:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Samuel — 2:10
- 1 Kings — 10:26
- Proverbs — 3:19, 14:29
- Job — 5:13
- Wisdom — 17:7
- Sirach — 19:24
- Isaiah — 44:19
- Jeremiah — 10:12
- Ezekiel — 28:4
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
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, ΦΡΟΝΗΣΙΣ.
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.
- ΦΡΟΝΗΣΕ — of understanding, of prudence, of wisdom, of insight
- ΦΡΟΝΗΣΕΙΑΝ — prudence, a prudence, wisdom, understanding, insight
- ΦΡΟΝΗΣΕΩΣ — of wisdom, of prudence, of understanding, of insight
- ΦΡΟΝΗΣΗΣ — prudence, wisdom, understanding, insight, a prudence, a wisdom
- ΦΡΟΝΗΣΙ — prudence, wisdom, understanding, insight, a prudence, a wisdom, (to) prudence, (to) wisdom, (to) understanding, (to) insight
- ΦΡΟΝΗΣΙΝ — prudence, understanding, wisdom, insight, a prudence, an understanding, a wisdom, an insight
- ΦΡΟΝΗΣΙΣ — prudence, a prudence, wisdom, understanding, insight, a sound mind
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