Lexicon sunesis: a running together, spec. understanding Original Word: σύνεσις, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: sunesis Phonetic Spelling: (soon'-es-is) Short Definition: understanding Definition: a putting together in the mind, hence: understanding, practical discernment, intellect. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 4907 sýnesis (from 4920 /syníēmi) – properly, facts joined together for holistic understanding, i.e. synthesized reasoning that joins implicit (indirect) truths for comprehension. See also 4920 (syníēmi). For the believer, this "connects the dots" through sanctified, inductive reasoning (done under God). This positive use of 4907 /sýnesis ("synthesized understanding") occurs in: Mk 12:23; Lk 2:47; Eph 3:4; Col 1:9,22; 2 Tim 2:7. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom suniémiDefinitiona running together, spec. understanding NASB Translationcleverness (1), insight (1), understanding (5).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4907: σύνεσιςσύνεσις, συνέσεως, ἡ ( συνίημι, which see); 1. a running together, a flowing together: of two rivers, Homer, Odyssey 10, 515. 2. a. from Pindar down, understanding: Luke 2:47; 1 Corinthians 1:19 (from Isaiah 29:14); Ephesians 3:4; Colossians 2:2; 2 Timothy 2:7; πνευματικῇ, Colossians 1:9. b. the understanding, i. e. the mind so far forth as it understands: Mark 12:33; Wis. 4:11. (The Sept. for בִּינָה, תֲּבוּנָה, דַּעַת, מַדַע , שֵׂכֶל, etc.; also for מַשׂכִיל, a poem.) (Synonym: see σοφία, at the end; cf. Lightfoot on Colossians 1:9; Schmidt, chapter 147, 8.)
Strong's knowledge, understanding. From suniemi; a mental putting together, i.e. Intelligence or (concretely) the intellect -- knowledge, understanding. see GREEK suniemi |
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