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Greek Lexicon

Rahlfs Septuagint lexicon

φιλοσοφεω

Lemmaφιλοσοφεω
Common glosseslove knowledge;; pursue it
Transliterationphilosophein, philosophēseis, philosophountes
Pronunciationfiylosofiyn, fiylosofiysiys, fiylosofuntes
Total occurrences3
First reference4Mac.5.7

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual Septuagint occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
φιλοσοφεῖν
verb, present, active, infinitive (V.PAN)4Mac.5.7
φιλοσοφήσεις
verb, future, active, indicative, second person, singular (V.FAI2S)4Mac.5.11
φιλοσοφοῦντες
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (V.PAPNPM)4Mac.8.1

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