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Lexicon :: Strong's G4908 - synetos

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συνετός
Transliteration
synetos (Key)
Pronunciation
soon-et'-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:888,1119

Strong’s Definitions

συνετός synetós, soon-et'-os; from G4920; mentally put (or putting) together, i.e. sagacious:—prudent. Compare G5429.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G4908 in the following manner: prudent (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G4908 in the following manner: prudent (4x).

  1. intelligent, having understanding, wise, learned

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
συνετός synetós, soon-et'-os; from G4920; mentally put (or putting) together, i.e. sagacious:—prudent. Compare G5429.
STRONGS G4908:
συνετός, συνετή, συνετόν (συνίημι), from Pindar down, the Sept. for חָכָם, נָבון, etc., intelligent, having understanding, wise, learned: Matthew 11:25; Luke 10:21; Acts 13:7; 1 Corinthians 1:19 (from Isaiah 29:14). (Synonym: see σοφός, at the end.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
29:14
Matthew
11:25
Luke
10:21
Acts
13:7
1 Corinthians
1:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4908 matches the Greek συνετός (synetos),
which occurs 37 times in 36 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:33 - Now therefore let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:39

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:39 - Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has shown you all this, there is none so discerning and wise as you are.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:6 - And behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And I have given to all able men ability, that they may make all that I have commanded you:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:13 - Choose for your tribes wise, understanding, and experienced men, and I will appoint them as your heads.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and set them as heads over you, commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, commanders of tens, and officers, throughout your tribes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:18 - One of the young men answered, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a man of good presence, and the LORD is with him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:9 - The captains did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded, and they each brought his men who were to go off duty on the Sabbath, with those who were to come on duty on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:22 - Chenaniah, leader of the Levites in music, should direct the music, for he understood it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:32 - Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, being a man of understanding and a scribe. He and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni attended the king’s sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:10 - “Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding:
far be it from God that he should do wickedness,
and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:34 - Men of understanding will say to me,
and the wise man who hears me will say:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 47:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:7 - For God is the King of all the earth;
sing praises with a psalm![fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:8 - A man is commended according to his good sense,
but one of twisted mind is despised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:23 - A prudent man conceals knowledge,
but the heart of fools proclaims folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24 - The path of life leads upward for the prudent,
that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:20 - Whoever gives thought to the word[fn] will discover good,
and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:21 - The wise of heart is called discerning,
and sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:24 - The discerning sets his face toward wisdom,
but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:9 - Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
for he will despise the good sense of your words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:7 - The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding,
but a companion of gluttons shames his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:30 - Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:11 - Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:3 - the captain of fifty
and the man of rank,
the counselor and the skillful magician
and the expert in charms.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:21 - Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes,
and shrewd in their own sight!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 - The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish;
the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the wise,
a son of ancient kings”?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:14 - therefore, behold, I will again
do wonderful things with this people,
with wonder upon wonder;
and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:16 - You turn things upside down!
Shall the potter be regarded as the clay,
that the thing made should say of its maker,
“He did not make me”;
or the thing formed say of him who formed it,
“He has no understanding”?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:8 - But he who is noble plans noble things,
and on noble things he stands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:22 - “For my people are foolish;
they know me not;
they are stupid children;
they have no understanding.
They are ‘wise’—in doing evil!
But how to do good they know not.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:12 - Who is the man so wise that he can understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined and laid waste like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:18 - Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:7 - Concerning Edom. Thus says the LORD of hosts:
“Is wisdom no more in Teman?
Has counsel perished from the prudent?
Has their wisdom vanished?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:9 - For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon a gathering of great nations, from the north country. And they shall array themselves against her. From there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:35 - “A sword against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD,
and against the inhabitants of Babylon,
and against her officials and her wise men!

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:33 - And the wise among the people shall make many understand, though for some days they shall stumble by sword and flame, by captivity and plunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:9 - Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
whoever is discerning, let him know them;
for the ways of the LORD are right,
and the upright walk in them,
but transgressors stumble in them.
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