πανουργία panourgía

Greek · Strong's G3834 · used 5 times in 5 verses

Meaning

adroitness, i.e. (in a bad sense) trickery or sophistry

In the King James Version: (cunning) craftiness, subtilty

Derivation: from G3835 (πανοῦργος);

Luke 20:23 But Jesus saw through their duplicity and said to them,
1 Corinthians 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
2 Corinthians 4:2 Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians 11:3 I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
Ephesians 4:14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.