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
Philosophy
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φιλοσοφία G5385
Pronunciation philosophía
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
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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 It philosophy 1× Colossians 2:8
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First aligned row Colossians 2:8
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Colossians 1
Source forms
φιλοσοφίας 1x philosophias Colossians 2:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Colossians 2:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Abstract human reasoning and investigation of truth, often associated with false or deceptive teachings in NT
Strong's G5385
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
philosophy
Extended definition Source: 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 corpus Greek 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 2:8 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
φιλοσοφίας filosofiav
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 patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Genitive (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Col 2:8 1×
Word Origins
φιλοσοφία is built from this root:
φιλόσοφος G5386
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain