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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 14 times in 13 verses in 'Dan' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:12

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Because of this the king became indignant and very furious and said for them to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:13 - So the law went forth that the wise men were to be killed; and they sought out Daniel and his friends to [fn]kill them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:14

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Then Daniel replied with discretion and discernment to Arioch, the captain of the king’s [fn]bodyguard, who had gone forth to kill the wise men of Babylon;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18 - so that they might seek compassion from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:21 -

“And He changes the times and the seasons;

He removes kings and [fn]establishes kings;

He gives wisdom to wise men

And knowledge to [fn]men of understanding.

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Therefore, Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus to him: “Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon! Bring me before the king, and I will declare the interpretation to the king.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:27 - Daniel answered before the king and said, “As for the mystery about which the king is asking, neither wise men, conjurers, [fn]magicians, nor diviners are able to declare it to the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:48

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:48 - Then the king [fn]promoted Daniel and gave him many great gifts, and he made him rule with power over the whole province of Babylon and chief [fn]prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:6 - “So I gave a decree to bring into my presence all the wise men of Babylon, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:18 -

‘This is the dream which I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Now you, Belteshazzar, say to me its interpretation, inasmuch as none of the wise men of my kingdom is able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, for a spirit of the holy gods is in you.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7 - The king called out loudly to bring in the conjurers, the [fn]Chaldeans, and the diviners. The king answered and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Any man who can read this writing and declare its interpretation to me shall be clothed with purple and have a necklace of gold around his neck and rule with power as [fn]third ruler in the kingdom.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:8 - Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or make known its interpretation to the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:15 - “Just now the wise men and the conjurers were brought in before me that they might read this writing and make its interpretation known to me, but they could not declare the interpretation of the [fn]message.
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