1) love of wisdom
    1a) used either of zeal for or skill in any art or science, any
        branch of knowledge. Used once in the NT of the theology, or
        rather theosophy, of certain Jewish Christian ascetics, which
        busied itself with refined and speculative enquiries into the
        nature and classes of angels, into the ritual of the Mosaic
        law and the regulations of Jewish tradition respecting
        practical life