What does φρονίμως (phronímōs) mean in the Bible?
φρονίμως (phronímōs): Prudent wisdom that discerns practical consequences and acts with shrewd foresight, not mere foolishness
Greek · G5430
φρονίμως
Prudently
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φρονίμωςG5430
Pronunciationphronímōs
What does φρονίμως (phronímōs) mean in the Bible?
φρονίμως (phronímōs): Prudent wisdom that discerns practical consequences and acts with shrewd foresight, not mere foolishness
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How does the BSB render G5430?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include shrewdly (1).
Where does φρονίμως (phronímōs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 16:8. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itshrewdly1×Luke 16:8
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First aligned rowLuke 16:8
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Luke1
Source forms
φρονίμως1xphronimōsLuke 16:8
Parsing patterns
Adverb1xLuke 16:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Prudent wisdom that discerns practical consequences and acts with shrewd foresight, not mere foolishness
Strong'sG5430
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
prudently
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Prudent wisdom that discerns practical consequences and acts with shrewd foresight, not mere foolishness
adv., sensibly, prudently: Luk.16:8.
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.
Luke 16:8Adverb
φρονίμωςfronimwv
wisely, sensibly, prudently
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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 forms1
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Luke 16:81×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Witnesses
Luke 16:1–13φρονίμωςphronímōs
Shrewdly, wisely
Word Origins
φρονίμως is built from this root: