G4907

σύνεσις

sunesisG:N-F

understanding

σύνεσις, -εως, ἡ (συνίημι), [in LXX for בִּינָה and cogn. forms, מַשְׂכִּית, דַּעַת, חׇכְמָה, etc. ;] __1. a running or flowing together (Hom.). __2. (a) understanding: Luk.2:47, 1Co.1:19" (LXX), Eph.3:4, Col.1:9 2:2, 2Ti.2:7 __(b) the understanding, the mind or intelligence: Mrk.12:33.† SYN.: see: σοφία (AS)

The KJV translates G4907 in the following manner:

understanding (12x), knowledge (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

σύνεσις — sýnesis

σύνεσις, 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: Luk 2:47; 1Co 1:19 (from Isa 29:14); Eph 3:4; Col 2:2; 2Ti 2:7; πνευματικῇ, Col 1:9.

b. the understanding, i. e. the mind so far forth as it understands: Mar 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 Col 1:9; Schmidt, chapter 147, 8.)

7 occurrences

Mark (1), Luke (1), I Corinthians (1), Ephesians (1), Colossians (2), II Timothy (1)