The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

Rahlfs Septuagint lexicon

φιλοσοφεω

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
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

References