ἐπιστήμη
knowledge, skill
Where this word appears
Every passage where ἐπιστήμη appears in the Greek Septuagint — 30 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Exodus 31:3 ἐπιστήμη And I have filled him with a divine spirit of wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge, to invent in every work,
- Exodus 35:31 ἐπιστήμη and has filled him with a divine spirit of wisdom and understanding, and knowledge of all things,
- Exodus 36:1 ἐπιστήμη And Beseleel wrought, and Eliab and every one wise in understanding, to whom was given wisdom and knowledge, to understand to do all the works according to the holy offices, according to all things which the Lord appointed.
- Exodus 36:2 ἐπιστήμη And Moses called Beseleel and Eliab, and all that had wisdom, to whom God gave knowledge in their heart, and all who were freely willing to come forward to the works, to perform them.
- Numbers 24:16 ἐπιστήμη hearing the oracles of God, receiving knowledge from the Most High, and having seen a vision of God in sleep; his eyes were opened.
- Deuteronomy 32:28 ἐπιστήμη It is a nation that has lost counsel, neither is there understanding in them.
- 2 Chronicles 2:11 ἐπιστήμη And Chiram king of Tyre answered in writing, and sent to Solomon, saying, Because the Lord loved his people, he made you king over them.
- Ezra 18:8 ἐπιστήμη
- Job 12:12 ἐπιστήμη In length of time is wisdom, and in long life knowledge.
- Job 12:16 ἐπιστήμη With him are strength and power: he has knowledge and understanding.
- Job 21:22 ἐπιστήμη Is it not the Lord who teaches understanding and knowledge? and does not he judge murders?
- Job 22:2 ἐπιστήμη Is it not the Lord that teaches understanding and knowledge?
- Job 26:12 ἐπιστήμη He has calmed the sea with his might, and by his wisdom the whale has been overthrown.
- Job 28:12 ἐπιστήμη But whence has wisdom been discovered? and what is the place of knowledge?
- Job 28:28 ἐπιστήμη And he said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding.
- Job 32:6 ἐπιστήμη And Elius the Buzite the son of Barachiel answered and said, I am younger in age, and you⌃ are elder, therefore I kept silence, fearing to declare to you my own knowledge.
- Job 34:35 ἐπιστήμη But Job has not spoken with understanding, his words are not uttered with knowledge.
- Job 36:3 ἐπιστήμη Having fetched my knowledge from afar, and according to my works,
- Job 38:36 ἐπιστήμη And who has given to women skill in weaving, or knowledge of embroidery?
- Job 39:26 ἐπιστήμη And does the hawk remain steady by your wisdom, having spread out her wings unmoved, looking toward the region of the south?
- Ecclesiastes 1:17 ἐπιστήμη And my heart knew much—wisdom, and knowledge, parables and understanding: I perceived that this also is waywardness of spirit.
- Isaiah 33:6 ἐπιστήμη They shall be delivered up to the law: our salvation is our treasure: there are wisdom and knowledge and piety toward the Lord; these are the treasures of righteousness.
- Jeremiah 3:15 ἐπιστήμη and I will give you shepherds after my heart, and they shall certainly tend you with knowledge.
- Ezekiel 28:3 ἐπιστήμη are you wiser than Daniel? or have not the wise instructed you with their knowledge?
- Ezekiel 28:4 ἐπιστήμη Have you gained power for yourself by your own knowledge or your own prudence, and gotten gold and silver in your treasures?
- Ezekiel 28:5 ἐπιστήμη By your abundant knowledge and your traffic you have multiplied your power; your heart has been lifted up by your power.
- Ezekiel 28:7 ἐπιστήμη because of this, behold, I will bring on you strange plagues from the nations; and they shall draw their swords against you, and against the beauty of your knowledge,
- Ezekiel 28:17 ἐπιστήμη Your heart has been lifted up because of your beauty; your knowledge has been corrupted with your beauty: because of the multitude of your sins I have cast you to the ground, I have caused you to be put to open shame before kings.
- Daniel 1:17 ἐπιστήμη And as for these four children, God gave them understanding and prudence in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
- Daniel 2:21 ἐπιστήμη And he changes times and seasons: he appoints kings, and removes them, giving wisdom to the wise, and prudence to them that have understanding:
About this word
About this word
ἐπιστήμη (epistḗmē), “knowledge, skill,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 30 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →