suneivdhsi" suneivdhsi", suneidhvsew", hJ (sunei'don), Latin conscientia (literally, `joint-knowledge'; see suvn, II. 4), i. e. a. the consciousness of anything: with a genitive of the object, tw'n aJmartiw'n, a soul conscious of sins, (tou' muvsou", Diodorus 4, 65; suneivdhsi" eujgenhv", consciousness of nobility; a soul mindful of its noble origin, Herodian, 7, 1, 8 (3 edition, Bekker)). b. "the soul as distinguishing between what is morally good and bad, prompting to do the former and shun the latter, commending the one, condemning the other; conscience": with a genitive of the subjunctive, hJ suneivdhsi" tivno", (where the idea of hJ suneivdhsi" is further explained by kaiv metaxuv ... hJ kaiv ajpologoumevnwn (cf. Winer's Grammar, 580 (539); see ajpologevomai, 2, and summarturevw)); ; (cf. Winer's Grammar, sec. 30, 1 a.),10,12; ; ; ; ; (hJ tou' faulou suneivdhsi", Philo, fragment, vol. ii, p. 659, Mangey edition (vi., p. 217f, Richter edition)); hJ ijdiva/ suneivdhsi", ; a[llh suneivdhsi" equivalent to a[llou tivno" suneivdhsi", ; diav thvn suneivdhsin, for conscience' sake, because conscience requires it (viz., the conduct in question), ; in order not to occasion scruples of conscience (in another), ; mhdevn ajnakrivnein diav thvn suneivdhsin (anxiously) questioning nothing, as though such questioning were demanded by conscience, ,; diav suneivdhsin Qeou', because conscience is impressed and governed by the idea of God (and so understands that griefs are to be borne according to God's will), ; hJ suneivdhsin tou' eijdwvlou, a conscience impressed and controlled by an idea of the idol (i. e. by a notion of the idol's existence and power), Rec.; teleiw'sai tina katav thvn suneivdhsin (namely, aujtou'), so to perfect one that his own conscience is satisfied, i. e. that he can regard himself as free from guilt, ; ejlevgcesqai uJpov th'" suneidhvsew" (uJpov tou' suneidoto", Philo de Josepho sec. 9 at the end; sunevcesqai th'/ suneidhvsei, Sap. ); hJ suneivdhsi" is said marturei'n, ; summartuvrein, ; tov martuvrion th'" suneidhvsew", . With epithets: ajsqenhv", not strong enough to distinguish clearly between things lawful for a Christian and things unlawful, , cf. ; suneivdhsi" ajgaqhv, a conscience reconciled to God, ; free from guilt, consciousness of rectitude, of right conduct, ; (Herodian, 6, 3, 9 (4 edition, Bekker)); e[cein suneivdhsin ajgaqhvn, ; , (ejn ajgaqhv suneivdhsi" uJpavrcein, Clement of Rome, , ); e[cein suneivdhsin kalhvn, ; suneivdhsi" kaqarav, ; (Clement of Rome, , <<ref:BHS/GNT_1Co 7'$$7