philosophia: the love or pursuit of wisdom Original Word: φιλοσοφία, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: philosophia
Phonetic Spelling: (fil-os-of-ee'-ah)
Short Definition: love of wisdom, philosophy
Definition: love of wisdom, philosophy, in the NT of traditional Jewish theology.
5385 philosophía (from 5384 /phílos, "a friend" and 4678 /sophía, "wisdom") – properly, a friend (lover) of wisdom (used only in Col 2:8). 5835/philosophía ("philosophy") in Col 2:8 refers to secular philosophy – elevating human wisdom over the wisdom of God. Such 5385 (philosophía) is loving one's own thoughts (secular wisdom) at the expense of God's Word (true wisdom). [5385 (philosophía) is the root of the English term "philosophy" and used only of the vain pursuit of wisdom in the NT. That is, the pursuit of truth apart from the revelation of God's Word.] Word Origin
from philosophos
Definition
the love or pursuit of wisdom
NASB Word Usage
philosophy (1).NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries
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All rights reserved Lockman.org philosophy. From philosophos; "philosophy", i.e. (specially), Jewish sophistry -- philosophy. see GREEK philosophos
φιλόξενον — 2 Occ.
φιλοπρωτεύων — 1 Occ.
φίλας — 1 Occ.
Φίλε — 2 Occ.
φίλων — 3 Occ.
φίλοι — 4 Occ.
φίλοις — 1 Occ.
φίλον — 2 Occ.
φίλος — 8 Occ.
φίλους — 8 Occ.
φιλοσόφων — 1 Occ.
φιλόστοργοι — 1 Occ.
φιλοτέκνους — 1 Occ.
φιλοτιμεῖσθαι — 1 Occ.
φιλοτιμούμενον — 1 Occ.
φιλοτιμούμεθα — 1 Occ.
φιλοφρόνως — 1 Occ.
ἐφίμωσεν — 1 Occ.
ἐφιμώθη — 1 Occ.
κημώσεις — 1 Occ.
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