Word Study · Strong's G5428 · Greek
φρόνησις
phronesis
fron'-ay-sis
Strong's 1890 spelling: phrónēsis
“mental action or activity, i.e. intellectual or moral insight”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
mental action or activity, i.e. intellectual or moral insight
Rendered in the KJV as
prudence, wisdom.
- 2occurrencesin the New Testament
- 2 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 1inflected formdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 1
- φρονήσει2
How it is rendered · 2
- [the] wisdom1
- in understanding1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular2
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- N-DSF · 2
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Where this word lives
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