King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5385
Transliteration: philosophia
Phonetic Spelling: (fil-os-of-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: the love or pursuit of wisdom
Meaning: the love or pursuit of wisdom
φιλοσοφία, φιλοσοφίας, ἡ (from φιλόσοφος), properly, love (and pursuit) of wisdom; used in the Greek writings of either zeal for or skill in any art or science, any branch of knowledge, see Passow, under the word (cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word). Once in the N. T. of the theology, or rather theosophy, of certain Jewish-Christian ascetics, which busied itself with refined and speculative inquiries into the nature and classes of angels, into the ritual of the Mosaic law and the regulations of Jewish tradition respecting practical life: Colossians 2:8; see Grimm on 4 Macc. 1:1, p. 298f; (Lightfoot on Colossians, the passage cited, and Prof. Westcott in B. D., under the word Philosophy).
Word Summary
philosophia: the love or pursuit of wisdom
Original Word: φιλοσοφίαTransliteration: philosophia
Phonetic Spelling: (fil-os-of-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: the love or pursuit of wisdom
Meaning: the love or pursuit of wisdom
Strong's Concordance
philosophy. From philosophos; "philosophy", i.e. (specially), Jewish sophistry -- philosophy.
see GREEK philosophos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5385: φιλοσοφίαφιλοσοφία, φιλοσοφίας, ἡ (from φιλόσοφος), properly, love (and pursuit) of wisdom; used in the Greek writings of either zeal for or skill in any art or science, any branch of knowledge, see Passow, under the word (cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word). Once in the N. T. of the theology, or rather theosophy, of certain Jewish-Christian ascetics, which busied itself with refined and speculative inquiries into the nature and classes of angels, into the ritual of the Mosaic law and the regulations of Jewish tradition respecting practical life: Colossians 2:8; see Grimm on 4 Macc. 1:1, p. 298f; (Lightfoot on Colossians, the passage cited, and Prof. Westcott in B. D., under the word Philosophy).