UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: συνείδησις; -εως

Related lemmas: εἶδος

Sense 1: to know, to be conscious of, to be aware of

Semantic entry: 28.4

Semantic domains: Know

Subdomains: Know

Definition: to be aware of information about something

HEB 10:2: RV HEB 10:2 · LV HEB 10:2 · Read together HEB 10:2

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OET-RV HEB 10:2

2 otherwise they could have stopped offering them because once they were fully ‘clean’, they wouldn’t have needed anymore sacrifices to appease the conscience of their sins.

OET-LV HEB 10:2

2 Because not would they _ceased being _offered, because _of that not _one to _be _having anymore conscience of _sins, the ones serving once having _been _cleansed?

PE1 2:19: RV PE1 2:19 · LV PE1 2:19 · Read together PE1 2:19

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OET-RV PE1 2:19

19 because God favours those who endure unjust hardships because of their godly consciences.

OET-LV PE1 2:19

19 For/Because this a_favour is, if because _of conscience of_god, anyone is _bearing _under sorrows suffering unjustly.

Sense 2: moral sensitivity, conscience

Semantic entry: 26.13

Semantic domains: Psychological Faculties

Definition: (contrast συνείδησις[a] ‘knowledge about something,’ 28.4: συνείδησις / 28.4: σύνοιδα) the psychological faculty which can distinguish between right and wrong

Notes: In some languages συνείδησις[b] may be rendered as ‘the inner voice’ or ‘the voice in one’s heart’ or ‘how one knows right from wrong.’ In some instances συνείδησις[b] may be equivalent to some organ of the body, for example, heart or liver, but generally some descriptive phrase proves to be the most satisfactory equivalent.

ACT 23:1: RV ACT 23:1 · LV ACT 23:1 · Read together ACT 23:1

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OET-RV ACT 23:1

23 and looking directly at the council members said, “Men, brothers, all my life I have lived before God as a good citizen and with a clean conscience.”

OET-LV ACT 23:1

23 And the Paulos having _looked _intently at _the council said:
Men, brothers, I in _all conscience have _lived _as _citizen good to_ the _god until this the day.

ACT 24:16: RV ACT 24:16 · LV ACT 24:16 · Read together ACT 24:16

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OET-RV ACT 24:16

16 Because of this, I also strive to maintain a clean conscience in everything, before God and the people.

OET-LV ACT 24:16

16 In this also I_ myself _am _exercising, a_ inoffensive _conscience to _be _having toward the god and the people through everything.

All 27 recorded passages for this sense

ACT: RV ACT 23:1 · RV ACT 24:16 · LV ACT 23:1 · LV ACT 24:16 · Read together ACT 23:1 · Read together ACT 24:16

ROM: RV ROM 2:15 · RV ROM 9:1 · RV ROM 13:5 · LV ROM 2:15 · LV ROM 9:1 · LV ROM 13:5 · Read together ROM 2:15 · Read together ROM 9:1 · Read together ROM 13:5

CO1: RV CO1 8:7 · RV CO1 8:10 · RV CO1 8:12 · RV CO1 10:25 · RV CO1 10:27–29 · LV CO1 8:7 · LV CO1 8:10 · LV CO1 8:12 · LV CO1 10:25 · LV CO1 10:27–29 · Read together CO1 8:7 · Read together CO1 8:10 · Read together CO1 8:12 · Read together CO1 10:25 · Read together CO1 10:27–29

CO2: RV CO2 1:12 · RV CO2 4:2 · RV CO2 5:11 · LV CO2 1:12 · LV CO2 4:2 · LV CO2 5:11 · Read together CO2 1:12 · Read together CO2 4:2 · Read together CO2 5:11

TI1: RV TI1 1:5 · RV TI1 1:19 · RV TI1 3:9 · RV TI1 4:2 · LV TI1 1:5 · LV TI1 1:19 · LV TI1 3:9 · LV TI1 4:2 · Read together TI1 1:5 · Read together TI1 1:19 · Read together TI1 3:9 · Read together TI1 4:2

TI2: RV TI2 1:3 · LV TI2 1:3 · Read together TI2 1:3

TIT: RV TIT 1:15 · LV TIT 1:15 · Read together TIT 1:15

HEB: RV HEB 9:9 · RV HEB 9:14 · RV HEB 10:22 · RV HEB 13:18 · LV HEB 9:9 · LV HEB 9:14 · LV HEB 10:22 · LV HEB 13:18 · Read together HEB 9:9 · Read together HEB 9:14 · Read together HEB 10:22 · Read together HEB 13:18

PE1: RV PE1 3:16 · RV PE1 3:21 · LV PE1 3:16 · LV PE1 3:21 · Read together PE1 3:16 · Read together PE1 3:21

Sense 3: to refuse to listen to one’s conscience, to be completely insensitive to

Semantic entry: 27.54

Semantic domains: Learn

Subdomains: Be Willing To Learn

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to be seared in the conscience, or: to be seared as to one’s conscience) to be unwilling to learn from one’s conscience

Collocations: καυστηριάζομαι τὴν συνείδησιν

TI1 4:2: RV TI1 4:2 · LV TI1 4:2 · Read together TI1 4:2

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OET-RV TI1 4:2

2 After suppressing their own consciences, they’ll become hypocritical liars,

OET-LV TI1 4:2

2 in hypocrisy of _liars, having _been _seared their own conscience,

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

συνείδησις

Form 1

Sense 1: to know, to be conscious of, to be aware of

Sense 2: moral sensitivity, conscience

Sense 3: to refuse to listen to one’s conscience, to be completely insensitive to