Dictionary entry

πανουργία

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πανουργία, -ας, ἡ

(< πανοῦργος), [in LXX: Jos 9:4, Pr 1:48:5 (עׇרְמָה), Nu 24:22, Si 19:25 21:22 31 (34):10 (in all cases in good or indifferent sense)*;]

cleverness, in cl. nearly always in bad sense, craftiness, cunning, knavery: Lk 20:23, I Co 3:19 (LXX, φρόνησις, for עׇרְמָה) II Co 4:211:3, Eph 4:14.†