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Strong's #4680: sophos (pronounced sof-os')

akin to saphes (clear); wise (in a most general application):--wise. Compare 5429.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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sophos

1) wise

1a) skilled, expert: of artificers

1b) wise, skilled in letters, cultivated, learned

1b1) of the Greek philosophers and orators

1b2) of Jewish theologians

1b3) of Christian teachers

1c) forming the best plans and using the best means for their execution

Part of Speech: adjective

Relation: akin to saphes (clear)

Citing in TDNT: 7:465, 1056




Usage:

This word is used 22 times:

Matthew 11:25: "thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed"
Matthew 23:34: "unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and"
Luke 10:21: "thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed"
Romans 1:14: "and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise."
Romans 1:22: "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,"
Romans 16:19: "on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good,"
Romans 16:27: "To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever."
1 Corinthians 1:19: "the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding"
1 Corinthians 1:20: "Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world?"
1 Corinthians 1:25: "foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness"
1 Corinthians 1:26: "how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many"
1 Corinthians 1:27: "to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the"
1 Corinthians 3:10: "which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and"
1 Corinthians 3:18: "you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become"
1 Corinthians 3:18: "a fool, that he may be wise."
1 Corinthians 3:19: "it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness."
1 Corinthians 3:20: "the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain."
1 Corinthians 6:5: "Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one"
Ephesians 5:15: "fools, but as wise,"
1 Timothy 1:17: "immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory"
James 3:13: "Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show out of"
Jude 1:25: "To the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty,"









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