🇬🇷 Greek · Strong's G4907
G4907

σύνεσις

sýnesis [soon'-es-is] Noun
Core meaningunderstanding

Lexical Definition

Strong's Greek G4907

a mental putting together, i.e. intelligence or (concretely) the intellect

KJV usage: :--knowledge, understanding.
Etymology: from ;
Thayer's Greek Lexicon

pr. a sending together, a junction, as of streams; met. understanding, intelligence, discernment, Lk. 2:47; 1 Cor. 1:19; meton. the understanding, intellect, mind, Mk. 12:33; Eph. 3:4; Col. 1:9; 2:2; 2 Tim. 2:7*

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