What does φιλοσοφία (philosophía) mean in the Bible?
φιλοσοφία (philosophía): Abstract human reasoning and investigation of truth, often associated with false or deceptive teachings in NT
Greek · G5385
φιλοσοφία
φιλοσοφία (philosophía): Abstract human reasoning and investigation of truth, often associated with false or deceptive teachings in NT
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φιλοσοφίαG5385
Pronunciationphilosophía
What does φιλοσοφία (philosophía) mean in the Bible?
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How does the BSB render G5385?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include philosophy (1).
Where does φιλοσοφία (philosophía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Colossians 2:8. Its strongest book concentrations include Colossians (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders Itphilosophy1×Colossians 2:8
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First aligned rowColossians 2:8
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Colossians1
Source forms
φιλοσοφίας1xphilosophiasColossians 2:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1xColossians 2:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Abstract human reasoning and investigation of truth, often associated with false or deceptive teachings in NT
Strong'sG5385
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
philosophy
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Abstract human reasoning and investigation of truth, often associated with false or deceptive teachings in NT
(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).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Colossians 2:8Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
φιλοσοφίαςfilosofiav
love of wisdom, philosophy
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Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternGenitive (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · FeminineCol 2:81×
Word Origins
φιλοσοφία is built from this root:
φιλόσοφοςG5386