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Strong's G4678 · Greek

σοφία

sophia · sof-ee'-ah

from 4680; wisdom (higher or lower, worldly or spiritual)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

σοφία (G4678)

51 σοφία , -ας, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for חׇכְמָה ;] skill, intelligence, wisdom , ranging from knowledge of the arts and matters of daily life to mental excellence in its highest and fullest sense; of human wisdom: I Co 2:1 , 4, 5 , Ja 3:15 , Re 13:18 17:9 ; σ. Σολομῶνος , Mt 12:42 , Lk 11:31 ; Αἰγυπτίων , Ac 7:22 ; Ἕλληνες σ. ζητοῦσιν , I Co 1:22 ; σ. λόγου , I Co 1:17 ; τ. σοφῶν , ib. 19 (LXX) ; τ. κόσμου , ib. 20, 21 3:19 ; ἀνθρωπίνη , I Co 2:13 ; σαρκική , II Co 1:12 ; of wisdom in spiritual things: Lk 21:15 , Ac 6:3 , 10 7:10 , I Co 2:6 , Col 1:28 2:23 3:16 4:5 , Ja 1:5 3:13 , 17 , II Pe 3:15 ; λόγος σοφίας , I Co 12:8 ; πνεῦμα σοφίας , Eph 1:17 ; σ. καὶ φρόνησις , Eph 1:8 ; σ. καὶ σύνεσις , Col 1:9 ; of divine wisdom: of God, Ro 11:33 , I Co 1:21 , 24 2:7 , Re 7:12 ; πολυποίκιλος , Eph 3:10 of Christ, Mt 13:54 , Mk 6:2 , Lk 2:40 , 52 , I Co 1:30 Col 2:3 , Re 5:12 ; of wisdom personified, Mt 11:19 , Lk 7:35 11:49 .† SYN. : σύνεσις , intelligence ; φρόνησις , prudence , which with σ. make up (Arist., N. Eth. , i, 13) the three intellectual ἀρεταί. σ. is wisdom primary and absolute; in distinction from which φ. is practical, σύνεσις critical, both being applications of σ. in detail (cf. Lft., and ICC on Col 1:9 ; Lft., Notes , 317 f.; Tr., Syn. , § lxxv; Cremer, 870 ff.).

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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