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panourgia G3834

πανουργία (panourgia) means “craftiness” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

πανουργία Greek · G3834 5 tagged occurrences in 5 verses

Pronunciation guide: pan-oorg-ee'-ah Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G3834

πανουργία · panourgia · craftiness

πανουργία, -ας, ἡ (πανοῦργος), [in LXX: Jos.9:4, Pro.1:4 8:5 (עׇרְמָה), Num.24:22, Sir.19:25 21:22 31:10 (Sir.34:10) (in all cases in good or indifferent sense)* ;] cleverness, in cl. nearly always in bad sense, craftiness, cunning, knavery: Luk.20:23, 1Co.3:19 (LXX, φρόνησις, for עׇרְמָה) 2Co.4:2 11:3, Eph.4:14.† (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

shrewdness, skill; hence: cunning, craftiness.

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How translators render G3834

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
clever 1
craftiness 1
cunning 1
deceit 1
duplicity 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
craftiness 3
subtilty 1

Verses containing G3834

Page 1 of 1. 5 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Luke 20:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Jesus saw through their duplicity and said to them,

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  2. 1 Corinthians 3:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”

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  3. 2 Corinthians 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

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  4. 2 Corinthians 11:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

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  5. Ephesians 4:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

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Sources and text

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