STRONGS G4680:
σοφός,
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. (Wisdom 7:21), 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.
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