Lexicon / G3834
πανουργία
panourgia
  • craftiness
  • cleverness
  • cunning
  • knavery

STEPBible TBESG

Glosses: craftiness

πανουργία, -ας, ἡ

(πανοῦργος), [in LXX: Jos.9:4, Pro.1:4 8:5 (עׇרְמָה), Num.24:22, Sir.19:25 21:22 31:10 (Sir.34:10) (in all cases in good or indifferent sense)* ;]

cleverness, in cl. nearly always in bad sense, craftiness, cunning, knavery: Luk.20:23, 1Co.3:19 (LXX, φρόνησις, for עׇרְמָה) 2Co.4:2 11:3, Eph.4:14.†

(AS)

Abbott-Smith

Glosses: cleverness; craftiness; cunning; knavery

cleverness; craftiness; cunning; knavery