Dictionary entry

φιλοσοφία

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

** Φιλο-σοφία, -ας, ἡ

(< φιλόσοφος), [in LXX: IV Mac 1:1 5:10, 22 7:9, 21 *;]

the love and pursuit of wisdom; hence, philosophy, investi­gation of truth and nature: of the so-called philosophy of false teachers, Col 2:8 (v. Lft., ICC, in l.).†