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Greek - English Dictionary

G5385 - Philosophy

Strong's No.:G5385

Greek:φιλοσοφία

Transliteration:philosophia

Phonetic:fil-os-of-ee'-ah

Word Origin:From G5386

Bible Usage:philosophy.

Part of Speech:Noun Feminine

Strongs
Definition:

philosophy that is (specifically) Jewish sophistry


Thayers
Definition:

1. love of wisdom

a. used either of zeal for or skill in any art or science, any branch of knowledge. Used once in the NT of the theology, or rather theosophy, of certain Jewish Christian ascetics, which busied itself with refined and speculative enquiries into the nature and classes of angels, into the ritual of the Mosaic law and the regulations of Jewish tradition respecting practical life


Bible References:
Philosophy

Translation
Occurrences:
philosophy ( 1 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.