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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 BoxGen 41:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:33 - “And now let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man and put him in charge of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:39

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:39 - Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one so discerning and wise as you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:6 - Moreover, I have appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, to help him. Also I have given ability to all the skilled workers to make everything I have commanded you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:13 - Choose some wise, understanding and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - So I took the leading men of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them to have authority over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens and as tribal officials.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:18 - One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave man and a warrior. He speaks well and is a fine-looking man. And the LORD is with him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:9 - The commanders of units of a hundred did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each one took his men—those who were going on duty on the Sabbath and those who were going off duty—and came to Jehoiada the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:22 - Kenaniah the head Levite was in charge of the singing; that was his responsibility because he was skillful at it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:32 - Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, a man of insight and a scribe. Jehiel son of Hakmoni took care of the king’s sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:10 - “So listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do evil, from the Almighty to do wrong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:34 - “Men of understanding declare, wise men who hear me say to me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:7 - For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:8 - A person is praised according to their prudence, and one with a warped mind is despised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:23 - The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves, but a fool’s heart blurts out folly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24 - The path of life leads upward for the prudent to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:20 - Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers,[fn] and blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:21 - The wise in heart are called discerning, and gracious words promote instruction.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:24 - A discerning person keeps wisdom in view, but a fool’s eyes wander to the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:9 - Do not speak to fools, for they will scorn your prudent words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:7 - A discerning son heeds instruction, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:30

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:11 - I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:3 - the captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor, skilled craftsman and clever enchanter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:21 - Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 - The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; the wise counselors of Pharaoh give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise men, a disciple of the ancient kings”?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:14 - Therefore once more I will astound these people with wonder upon wonder; the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:16 - You turn things upside down, as if the potter were thought to be like the clay! Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, “You did not make me”? Can the pot say to the potter, “You know nothing”?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:8 - But the noble make noble plans, and by noble deeds they stand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:22 - “My people are fools; they do not know me. They are senseless children; they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil; they know not how to do good.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:12 - Who is wise enough to understand this? Who has been instructed by the LORD and can explain it? Why has the land been ruined and laid waste like a desert that no one can cross?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:18 - They said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah; for the teaching of the law by the priest will not cease, nor will counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophets. So come, let’s attack him with our tongues and pay no attention to anything he says.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:7 - Concerning Edom: This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:9 - For I will stir up and bring against Babylon an alliance of great nations from the land of the north. They will take up their positions against her, and from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:35 - “A sword against the Babylonians!” declares the LORD— “against those who live in Babylon and against her officials and wise men!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:33 - “Those who are wise will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by the sword or be burned or captured or plundered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:9 - Who is wise? Let them realize these things. Who is discerning? Let them understand. The ways of the LORD are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.
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