κυβέρνησις
Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) → I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, I will be wise, but that wisdom was far from me ...
English (LSJ)
Dor. κῠβέρν-ᾱσις, εως, ἡ,
A steering, pilotage, Pl.R.488b. 2 metaph., government, πολίων of cities, Pi.P.10.72 (pl.), cf. 1 Ep.Cor.12.28 (pl.); θεοῦ by a god, Plu.2.162a.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1522] ἡ, das Steuern, Plat. Rep. VI, 488 b u. Sp.; – auch übertr., das Lenken, Regieren; πολίων κυβερνάσεις Pind. P. 10, 112; Plut.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κῠβέρνησις: Δωρ. -ᾱσις, -εως, ἡ, τὸ κυβερνᾶν, ἐπὶ πλοίου, Πλάτ. Πολ. 488Β. 2) μεταφ., κυβέρνησις, διοίκησις, πολίων, πόλεων, Πινδ. Π. 10. 112· θεοῦ, ὑπὸ θεοῦ, Πλούτ. 2. 162Α.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
action de diriger à l’aide d’un gouvernail.
Étymologie: κυβερνάω.
English (Strong)
from kubernao (of Latin origin, to steer); pilotage, i.e. (figuratively) directorship (in the church): government.
English (Thayer)
κυβερνήσεως, ἡ (κυβερνάω (Latin gubernare, to govern)), a governing, government: wise counsels (R. V. marginal reading); so Hesychius: κυβερνήσεις. προνοητικαι ἐπίστημαι καί φρονησεις; cf. Schleusner, Thesaurus in the Sept., under the word, and to the references below add Symm.); (Pindar, Plato, Plutarch, others).
