International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
POLICYpol'-i-si: Literally "method of government," and so "ability to manage affairs." In a bad sense, "cunning," "craft," in Daniel 8:25 (sekhel, "understanding"); in a good sense in 1 Maccabees 8:4 (boule, "counsel"); also in the King James Version 2 Maccabees 13:18; 14:29, 31 (methodos, strategema, strategeo), where the Revised Version has "stratagem." Policies occurs in Judith 11:8 the King James Version for panourgema, lit. "readiness for anything," here in a good sense; Revised Version "subtil devices."
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) Civil polity.
2. (n.) The settled method by which the government and affairs of a nation are, or may be, administered; a system of public or official administration, as designed to promote the external or internal prosperity of a state.
3. (n.) The method by which any institution is administered; system of management; course.
4. (n.) Management or administration based on temporal or material interest, rather than on principles of equity or honor; hence, worldly wisdom; dexterity of management; cunning; stratagem.
5. (n.) Prudence or wisdom in the management of public and private affairs; wisdom; sagacity; wit.
6. (n.) Motive; object; inducement.
7. (v. t.) To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.
8. (n.) A ticket or warrant for money in the public funds.
9. (n.) The writing or instrument in which a contract of insurance is embodied; an instrument in writing containing the terms and conditions on which one party engages to indemnify another against loss arising from certain hazards, perils, or risks to which his person or property may be exposed. See Insurance.
10. (n.) A method of gambling by betting as to what numbers will be drawn in a lottery; as, to play policy.
Strong's Hebrew
7922. sekel -- prudence, insight... 1), understanding (4), wisdom (1). discretion, knowledge,
policy, prudence,
sense, understanding, wisdom, wise. Or sekel {say'-kel
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