Lexicon / G5385
φιλοσοφία
philosophia
  • philosophy
  • the love and pursuit of wisdom
  • philosophy, investi­gation

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Glosses: philosophy

Φιλο-σοφία, -ας, ἡ

(φιλόσοφος), [in LXX: 4Ma.1:1 4Mac 5:10 4Mac 5:22 4Mac 7:9 4Mac 7:21 * ;]

the love and pursuit of wisdom; hence, philosophy, investi­gation of truth and nature: of the so-called philosophy of false teachers, Col.2:8 (see Lft. ICC, in l).†

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Abbott-Smith

Glosses: the love and pursuit of wisdom; philosophy, investi­gation

the love and pursuit of wisdom; philosophy, investi­gation