G4680 – sophos – σοφός – to be wise
- Strong’s ID:
- G4680
- Greek Word:
- σοφός
- Transliteration:
- sophos
- Pronunciation:
- sof-os’
- Part of Speech:
- adjective
- Etymology:
- akin to σαφης saphes (clear)
- Usage Count:
- 22
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- Find “sophos” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
to be wise
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
akin to σαφης saphes (clear); wise (in a most general application):—wise. Compare G5429.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
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
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.