Lexicon sophos: skilled, wise Original Word: σοφός, ή, όνPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: sophos Phonetic Spelling: (sof-os') Short Definition: wise Definition: wise, learned, cultivated, skilled, clever. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definitionskilled, wise NASB Translationwise (16), wise man (2), wise men (1), wiser (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4680: σοφόςσοφός, σοφή, σοφόν (akin to σαφής and to the Latin sapio, sapiens, sapor, 'to have a taste', etc.; Curtius, § 628; ( Vanicek, p. 991)), the Sept. for חָכָם; (from Theognis, Pindar, Aeschylus down); wise, i. e. a. skilled, expert: εἰς τί, Romans 16:19; of artificers (cf. Grimm, Exeg. Hdbch. on Sap. (), p. 151): ἀρχιτέκτων, 1 Corinthians 3:10; Isaiah 3:3 (δημιουργός, of God, Xenophon, mem. 1, 4, 7). b. wise, i. e. skilled in letters, cultivated, learned: Romans 1:14, 22; of the Greek philosophers (and orators, see σοφία, a.), 1 Corinthians 1:19f, 26; 1 Corinthians 3:18f,(20); of the Jewish theologians, Matthew 11:25; Luke 10:21; of Christian teachers, Matthew 23:34. c. wise in a practical sense, i. e. one who in action is governed by piety and integrity: Ephesians 5:15; James 3:13; and accordingly is a suitable person to settle private quarrels, 1 Corinthians 6:5. d. wise in a philosophic sense, forming the best plans and using the best means for their execution: so of God, Romans 16:27, and Rec. in 1 Timothy 1:17; Jude 1:25; σοφώτερον, contains more wisdom, is more sagaciously thought out, 1 Corinthians 1:25. [SYNONYMS: σοφός, συνετός, φρόνιμος: σοφός wise, see above; συνετός intelligent, denotes one who can 'put things together' (συνιέναι), who has insight and comprehension; φρόνιμος prudent (A. V. uniformly, wise), denotes primarily one who has quick and correct perceptions, hence, 'discreet,' 'circumspect,' etc.; cf. Schmidt, chapter 147. See σοφία, at the end]
Strong's wise. Akin to saphes (clear); wise (in a most general application) -- wise. Compare phronimos. see GREEK phronimos |
