Word study · Greek

panourgía

craftiness, cunning

Say it: pan-oor-GEE-ah (approximate)

πανουργία

What it means

Cleverness used for bad ends, craftiness (pan "all" plus ergon "work"). In 4:14, "in craftiness with a view to deceitful scheming."

Range of meaning

  • CraftinessCunning.
  • TrickeryCleverness used to deceive.

In Ephesians

Every verse (1)

Verses where G3834 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources