Strong's Concordance kubernésis: steering, government, administration Original Word: κυβέρνησις, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: kubernésis Phonetic Spelling: (koo-ber'-nay-sis) Definition: steering, government, administration Usage: (lit: steering, piloting), governing, government. HELPS Word-studies 2941 kybérnēsis – properly, someone who steers (guides) a ship; (figuratively) the divine calling which empowers someone to lead in affairs relating to the Church. (2941 /kybérnēsis only occurs in 1 Cor 12:28.) 2941 /kybérnēsis ("a helmsman who steers") refers to a pilot (a captain, as in Plato) – a director who guides, administrates, etc. (Abbott-Smith). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom kubernaó (to steer, guide, govern) Definition steering, government, administration NASB Translation administrations (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2941: κυβέρνησιςκυβέρνησις, κυβερνήσεως, ἡ (κυβερνάω (Latingubernare, to govern)), a governing, government: 1 Corinthians 12:28 (others would take it tropically here, and render it wise counsels (R. V. marginal reading); so Hesychius: κυβερνήσεις. προνοητικαι ἐπίστημαι καί φρονησεις; cf. Schleusner, Thesaurus in the Sept., under the word, and to the references below add Proverbs 11:14; Job 37:12 Symm.); (Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 24:6; Pindar, Plato, Plutarch, others). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance government. From kubernao (of Latin origin, to steer); pilotage, i.e. (figuratively) directorship (in the church) -- government. Forms and Transliterations κυβερνησεις κυβερνήσεις κυβερνήσεσι κυβερνήσεως κυβέρνησιν κυβέρνησις kuberneseis kubernēseis kyberneseis kybernēseis kybernḗseisLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |
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