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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 5385. φιλοσοφία (philosophia) -- Philosophy</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/5385.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/hebrews/7-19.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/5385.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 5385</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/5384.htm" title="5384">◄</a> 5385. philosophia <a href="../greek/5386.htm" title="5386">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">philosophia: Philosophy</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">φιλοσοφία</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>philosophia<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>fee-lo-so-FEE-ah<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(fil-os-of-ee'-ah)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Philosophy<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>love of wisdom, philosophy, in the NT of traditional Jewish theology.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From φίλος (philos, meaning "loving") and σοφία (sophia, meaning "wisdom")<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "philosophia," the concept of wisdom is often represented by the Hebrew word חָכְמָה (chokmah), Strong's Hebrew 2451, which denotes wisdom, skill, or shrewdness, particularly in a godly context.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>In the New Testament, "philosophia" refers to the pursuit or love of wisdom, often associated with human traditions and speculative reasoning. It is used in a context that warns against being led astray by human wisdom that is contrary to divine revelation.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, philosophy was a highly esteemed discipline, encompassing various schools of thought such as Stoicism, Epicureanism, and Platonism. Philosophers were regarded as seekers of truth and wisdom, often engaging in debates about the nature of reality, ethics, and the divine. However, early Christians were cautious of philosophies that contradicted or diluted the teachings of Christ, emphasizing the sufficiency of divine revelation over human speculation.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>5385</b> <i>philosophía</i> (from <a href="/greek/5384.htm">5384</a> <i>/phílos</i>, "a friend" and <a href="/greek/4678.htm">4678</a> <i>/sophía</i>, "<i>wisdom</i>") – properly, a friend (lover) of wisdom (used only in Col 2:8).</p><p class="discovery">5835<i>/philosophía</i> ("philosophy") in Col 2:8 refers to <i>secular philosophy</i> – elevating <i>human</i> wisdom over the wisdom of <i>God</i>. Such <a href="/greek/5385.htm">5385</a> (<i>philosophía</i>) is <i>loving one's own thoughts</i> (<i>secular wisdom</i>) <i>at the expense of</i> God's Word (true wisdom). </p><p class="discovery">[<a href="/greek/5385.htm">5385</a> (<i>philosophía</i>) is the root of the English term "philosophy" and used only of the <i>vain</i> pursuit of wisdom in the NT. That is, the pursuit of truth <i>apart</i> from the revelation of <i>God's Word</i>.]</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/5386.htm">philosophos</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>the love or pursuit of wisdom<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>philosophy (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 5385: φιλοσοφία</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">φιλοσοφία</span></span>, <span class="greek2">φιλοσοφίας</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (from <span class="greek2">φιλόσοφος</span>), properly, <span class="accented">love</span> (and pursuit) <span class="accented">of wisdom</span>; used in the Greek writings of either zeal for or skill in any art or science, any branch of knowledge, see <span class="abbreviation">Passow</span>, 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: <a href="/interlinear/colossians/2-8.htm">Colossians 2:8</a>; see Grimm on 4 Macc. 1:1, p. 298f; (<span class="abbreviation">Lightfoot</span> on Colossians, the passage cited, and Prof. Westcott in <span class="abbreviation">B. D.</span>, under the word Philosophy).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>philosophy. <p>From <a href="/greek/5386.htm">philosophos</a>; "philosophy", i.e. (specially), Jewish sophistry -- philosophy. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/5386.htm">philosophos</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>φιλοσοφιας φιλοσοφίας philosophias philosophías<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/colossians/2-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Colossians 2:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/colossians/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">διὰ τῆς <b>φιλοσοφίας</b> καὶ κενῆς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/colossians/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> through <span class="itali">philosophy</span> and empty<br><a href="/kjvs/colossians/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> you through <span class="itali">philosophy</span> and vain<br><a href="/interlinear/colossians/2-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> through <span class="itali">philosophy</span> and empty<p><b><a href="/greek/5385.htm">Strong's Greek 5385</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_5385.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/philosophias_5385.htm">φιλοσοφίας — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/5384.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="5384"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="5384" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/5386.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="5386"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="5386" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>