What does συνείδησις · ἀγαθός mean in the Bible?
συνείδησις · ἀγαθός is a Greek phrase meaning "good conscience".
Greek · G4893, G18
συνείδησις ἀγαθή
Conscience · "good" (in any sense, often as noun)
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συνείδησιςG4893conscience
Pronunciationsyneídēsis
Inner moral awareness that accuses or approves one's actions through self-judgment.
Open lexicon entry →ἀγαθόςG18"good" (in any sense, often as noun)
Pronunciationagathós
Good as inner moral excellence and actual benefit to others, contrasting with merely outward appearance.
Open lexicon entry →What does συνείδησις ἀγαθή (syneidēsis agathē) mean in the Bible?
συνείδησις · ἀγαθός is a Greek phrase meaning "good conscience".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4893, G18?
G4893, G18 is connected to 30 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. good conscience
Source Gloss
good conscience
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns5Aligned forms30Case patternAccusative (16)Number patternSingular (29)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine1 Cor 8:7 · 1 Cor 8:10 · Titus 1:153×
Genitive · Singular · FeminineRom 2:15 · Rom 9:1 · 1 Cor 10:29 · 2 Cor 1:12 · 1 Tim 1:5 · Heb 10:22 · 1 Pet 3:217×
Dative · Singular · FeminineActs 23:1 · 1 Tim 3:9 · 2 Tim 1:33×
Dative · Plural · Feminine2 Cor 5:111×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineActs 24:16 · Rom 13:5 · 1 Cor 8:12 · 1 Cor 10:25 · 1 Cor 10:27 · 1 Cor 10:28 · 1 Cor 10:29 · 2 Cor 4:2 · 1 Tim 1:19 · 1 Tim 4:2 · Heb 9:9 · Heb 9:14 · Heb 10:2 · Heb 13:18 · 1 Pet 2:19 · 1 Pet 3:1616×
Word Origins
συνείδησις ἀγαθή is built from this root: