Panourgos means “crafty” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3835 — laban (“make brick”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3835 πανοῦργος (panourgos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. panourgos (pan-our`-gos) n. 1. all-working, i.e. adroit (shrewd) [from G3956 and G2041] It has 20 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include crafty. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
panourgos (pan-our`-gos) n. 1. all-working, i.e. adroit (shrewd) [from G3956 and G2041] KJV: crafty Root(s): G3956, G2041
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3835. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
crafty
Usage: πανοῦργος, -ον [in LXX chiefly for עָרוּם ;] ready to do anything; __(a) in cl., chiefly in bad sense, knavish, crafty: 2Co.12:16; __(b) in good sense, skilful, clever (Pro.13:1 28:2).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render panourgos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G3835 (πανοῦργος) appears 19 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
1 indexed usage in New Testament.
But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
14 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Frustrating the counsels of the crafty, And their hands shall not perform the truth:
But a prudent man hides his own disgrace.
A wise son is obedient to his father: But a disobedient son will be destroyed.
5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
My son, if thou wilt, thou shalt be taught: And if thou wilt apply thy mind, thou shalt be prudent.
He that is not wise will not be taught: But there is a wisdom which multiplieth bitterness.
A fool lifteth up his voice with laughter; But a wise man doth scarce smile a little.
First 20 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3835.
Frustrating the counsels of the crafty, And their hands shall not perform the truth:
But a prudent man hides his own disgrace.
A wise son is obedient to his father: But a disobedient son will be destroyed.
But the fool displays his own mischief.
The wisdom of the prudent will understand their ways; But the folly of fools leads astray.
The simple believes every word: But the prudent man betakes himself to afterthought.
Fools shall have mischief for their portion; But the prudent shall take fast hold of understanding.
A prudent man is the crown of the wise: But the occupation of fools is evil.
A fool scorns his father’s instruction: But he that keeps his commandments is more prudent. In abounding righteousness is great strength: But the ungodly shall utterly perish from the earth.
When a pestilent character is scourged, a simple man is made wiser: And if thou reprove a wise man, he will understand discretion.
When an intemperate man is punished the simple becomes wiser: And a wise man understanding will receive knowledge.
An intelligent man seeing a bad man severely punished is himself instructed, But fools pass by and are punished.
But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
My son, if thou wilt, thou shalt be taught: And if thou wilt apply thy mind, thou shalt be prudent.
He that is not wise will not be taught: But there is a wisdom which multiplieth bitterness.
A fool lifteth up his voice with laughter; But a wise man doth scarce smile a little.
Who shall set a watch before my mouth, And a seal of wisdom upon my lips, That I fall not suddenly by them, And that my tongue destroy me not?
There is one that is wise and teacheth many, And yet is unprofitable to himself.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3835, grouped by book.
Panourgos (Strong's G3835) is a Greek word most simply glossed "crafty". panourgos (pan-our`-gos) n. 1. all-working, i.e. adroit (shrewd) [from G3956 and G2041]
This page currently indexes 20 linked usages for Strong's G3835 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3835 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as crafty. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 14 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3835, with linked reader references where each row is available.