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G2941 κυβέρνησις (kybérnēsis)
Greek
Noun, Feminine
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Quick Definition

governing, government

Strong's Definition

pilotage, i.e. (figuratively) directorship (in the church)

Derivation: from (of Latin origin, to steer);

KJV Usage: government

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κυβέρνησις, κυβερνήσεως, ἡ (κυβερνάω (Latingubernare, to govern)), a governing, government: 1Co_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 Pro_11:14; Job_37:12 Symm.); (Pro_1:5; Pro_24:6; Pindar, Plato, Plutarch, others).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

κυβέρνησις kybernēsis 1x government, office of a governor or director; meton. a director, 1Co_12:28

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κυβέρνησις , -εως , ἡ ( < κυβερνάω , Lat. gubernare, to guide), [in LXX : Pro_1:5 ; Pro_11:14 ; Pro_24:6 ( H8458 ) * ;] 1. steering, pilotage ( Plat .). 2. Metaph ., government: pl., 1Co_12:28 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

κυβέρνησις [page 363] The verb, which is used of Divine guiding in Wis_14:6 , is applied to the management of a household in the inscr. quoted s.v. ἀνέγκλητος ad fin. : cf. 1Co_12:28 . The compd. διακυβερνάω is used of a woman piloting herself and her child out of a time of crisis ἐκ τοῦ το [ιού ]του καιροῦ ἐμαυτή [ν ] τε καὶ τὸ παιδί [ον σ ]ου διακεκυβερνηκυῖα (P Lond 42 .16 (B.C. 168) (= I. p. 30, Selections , p. 10)). For a new literary citation for κυβερνάω see Herodas ii. 99 f. ταῦτα σκοπεῦντες πάντα τὴν δίκην ὀρθῇ | γνώμῃ κυβερνᾶτε .

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

κυβέρνησις "steering, pilotage", Plat. metaph. "government", Pind.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

κυβέρνησις, -εως, ἡ (κυβερνάω, Lat. gubernare, to guide), [in LXX: Pro.1:5 11:14 24:6 (תַּחְבֻּלָה) * ;] __1. steering, pilotage (Plat.). __2. Metaphorical, government: pl., 1Co.12:28.† (AS)

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