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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:33 - “So now let Pharaoh look for a man understanding and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:39 - So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made you know all of this, there is no one so understanding and wise as you are.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:6 - “And behold, I Myself have [fn]appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all who are [fn]wise at heart I have put [fn]wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded you:
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:13 - [fn]Choose wise and understanding and experienced men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - “So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and gave them as heads over you, leaders of thousands and [fn]of hundreds, [fn]of fifties and [fn]of tens, and officers for your tribes.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:18 - Then one of the young men answered and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is a skillful musician, a mighty man of valor, a warrior, one who is understanding in speech, and man of fine form; and Yahweh is with him.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:9 -

So the commanders of hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded. And each one of them took his men who were to come in on the sabbath, with those who were to go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:22 - Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was in charge of the [fn]singing; he gave instruction in singing because he had understanding.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:32 -

Also Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, a man of understanding, and a scribe;

and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:10 -

“Therefore, listen to me, you men with a heart of wisdom.

Far be it from God to do injustice,

And from the Almighty to do wrong.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:34 -

“Men with a heart of wisdom will say to me,

And a wise man who hears me,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:7 -

For God is the King of all the earth;

Sing praises with a [fn]skillful psalm.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:8 -

A man will be praised according to his insight,

But one of perverse heart will be despised.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:23 -

A prudent man conceals knowledge,

But the heart of fools proclaims folly.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24 -

The path of life leads upward for the one who has insight

That he may turn away from Sheol below.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:20 -

He who considers the word will find good,

And how blessed is he who trusts in Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:21 -

The wise in heart will be called understanding,

And sweetness of [fn]lips increases learning.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:24 -

Wisdom is in the presence of the one who understands,

But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:9 -

Do not speak in the [fn]hearing of a fool,

For he will despise the insight of your speech.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:7 -

He who observes the law is a son who understands,

But he who befriends gluttons humiliates his father.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:30 -

Shin

[fn]Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,

But a woman who [fn]fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:11 -

I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the mighty, and neither is bread to the wise nor riches to the discerning nor favor to men who know; for time and misfortune overtake them all.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:3 -

The commander of fifty and the [fn]highly respected man,

The counselor and the wise craftsman,

And the experienced enchanter.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:21 -

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes

And understanding in their own [fn]sight!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 -

The princes of [fn]Zoan are merely ignorant fools;

The counsel of Pharaoh’s wisest counselors has become [fn]senseless.

How can you men say to Pharaoh,

“I am a son of the wise, a son of the kings of old”?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:14 -

Therefore behold, I will once again deal marvelously with this people, wondrously marvelous;

And the wisdom of their wise men will perish,

And the discernment of their discerning men will be hidden.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:16 -

You turn things around!

Shall the potter be considered [fn]as equal with the clay,

That what is made would say to its maker, “He did not make me”;

Or what is formed say to him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:8 -

But the noble man counsels noble plans;

And by noble plans he rises up.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:22 -

“For My people are ignorant fools,

They know Me not;

They are simpleminded children

And have no understanding.

They are wise to do evil,

But to do good they do not know.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:12 -

Who is the wise man that may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished, turned into ruin like a desert, so that no one passes through?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:18 -

Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to perish from the priest, nor counsel to the wise man, nor the divine word to the prophet! Come on and let us strike at him with our tongue, and let us give no heed to any of his words.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:7 -

Concerning Edom.

Thus says Yahweh of hosts,

“Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman?

Has counsel been lost to the understanding?

Has their wisdom decayed?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:9 -

“For behold, I am going to arouse and bring up against Babylon

An assembly of great nations from the land of the north,

And they will arrange their battle lines against her;

From there she will be taken captive.

Their arrows will be like [fn]a warrior who makes one childless

Who does not return empty-handed.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:35 -

“A sword against the Chaldeans,” declares Yahweh,

“And against the inhabitants of Babylon

And against her officials and her wise men!

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:33 - “And [fn]those who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many; yet they will fall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder for many days.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:9 -

Whoever is wise, so let him discern these things;

Whoever is discerning, let him know them.

For the ways of Yahweh are right,

And the righteous will walk in them,

But transgressors will stumble in them.

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