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Lexicon :: Strong's G4680 - sophos

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σοφός
Transliteration
sophos (Key)
Pronunciation
sof-os'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Akin to saphes (clear)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:465,1056

Strong’s Definitions

σοφός sophós, sof-os'; akin to σαφής saphḗs (clear); wise (in a most general application):—wise. Compare G5429.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's G4680 in the following manner: wise (22x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's G4680 in the following manner: wise (22x).

  1. wise

    1. skilled, expert: of artificers

    2. wise, skilled in letters, cultivated, learned

      1. of the Greek philosophers and orators

      2. of Jewish theologians

      3. of Christian teachers

    3. forming the best plans and using the best means for their execution

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σοφός sophós, sof-os'; akin to σαφής saphḗs (clear); wise (in a most general application):—wise. Compare G5429.
STRONGS G4680:
σοφός, σοφή, σοφόν (akin to σαφής and to the Latinsapio, 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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
3:3
Matthew
11:25; 23:34
Luke
10:21
Romans
1:14; 1:22; 16:19; 16:27
1 Corinthians
1:19; 1:25; 1:26; 3:10; 3:18; 6:5
Ephesians
5:15
1 Timothy
1:17
James
3:13
Jude
1:25

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4680 matches the Greek σοφός (sophos),
which occurs 20 times in 19 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants.

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“This is why I am sending you prophets, sages, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town.

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At that time he[fn] rejoiced in the Holy[fn] Spirit and said, “I praise[fn] you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, because this was your good pleasure.[fn]

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I am obligated both to Greeks and barbarians,[fn] both to the wise and the foolish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:22

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Claiming to be wise, they became fools

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The report of your obedience has reached everyone. Therefore I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise about what is good, and yet innocent about what is evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:27

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to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ ​— ​to him be the glory forever![fn] Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:19

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For it is written,

I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,

and I will set aside the intelligence of the intelligent.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:20

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Where is the one who is wise? Where is the teacher of the law?[fn] Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made the world’s wisdom foolish?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:25

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because God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:26

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Brothers and sisters, consider your calling: Not many were wise from a human perspective,[fn] not many powerful, not many of noble birth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:27

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Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:10

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According to God’s grace that was given to me, I have laid a foundation as a skilled master builder,[fn] and another builds on it. But each one is to be careful how he builds on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:18

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Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become a fool so that he can become wise.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:19

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For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, since it is written, He catches the wise in their craftiness;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:20

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and again, The Lord knows that the reasonings of the wise are futile.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:5

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I say this to your shame! Can it be that there is not one wise person among you who is able to arbitrate between fellow believers?

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Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk ​— ​not as unwise people but as wise ​— ​

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 3:13

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Who among you is wise and understanding? By his good conduct he should show that his works are done in the gentleness that comes from wisdom.

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