STRONGS G3834:
πανουργία,
πανουργίας,
ἡ (
πανοῦργος, which see),
craftiness, cunning:
Luke 20:23;
2 Corinthians 4:2;
2 Corinthians 11:3;
Ephesians 4:14; contextually equivalent to
a specious or false wisdom, 1 Corinthians 3:19. (
Aeschylus,
Sophocles,
Aristophanes,
Xenophon,
Plato,
Lucian,
Aelian, others;
πᾶσα τέ ἐπιστήμη χωριζομενη δικαιοσύνης καί τῆς ἄλλης ἀρετῆς πανουργία οὐ σοφία φαίνεται,
Plato, Menex., p. 247 a. for
עָרְמָה in a good sense,
prudence, skill, in undertaking and carrying on affairs, Proverbs 1:4;
Proverbs 8:5; Sir. 31:10 (Sir. 34:11.))
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