Syneídēsis — G4893

G4893 · Greek — συνείδησις

Pronunciation: soon-i'-day-sis

Definition

feminine noun

co-perception, i.e. moral consciousness

  1. the consciousness of anything
  2. "the soul as distinguishing between what is morally good and bad, prompting to do the former and shun the latter, commending the one, condemning the other

Usually translated as

conscience

Origin

from a prolonged form of G4894

Occurrences

Syneídēsis occurs 32 times in 30 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: John (1), Acts (2), Romans (3), 1 Corinthians (7), 2 Corinthians (3), 1 Timothy (4), 2 Timothy (1), Titus (1), Hebrews (5), 1 Peter (3)

Strong's Lexicon — S