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Lexicon :: Strong's G4678 - sophia

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σοφία
Transliteration
sophia (Key)
Pronunciation
sof-ee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:465,1056

Trench's Synonyms: lxxv. σοφία, φρόνησις, γνῶσις, ἐπίγνωσις.

Strong’s Definitions

σοφία sophía, sof-ee'-ah; from G4680; wisdom (higher or lower, worldly or spiritual):—wisdom.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 51x

The KJV translates Strong's G4678 in the following manner: wisdom (51x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 51x
The KJV translates Strong's G4678 in the following manner: wisdom (51x).
  1. wisdom, broad and full of intelligence; used of the knowledge of very diverse matters

    1. the wisdom which belongs to men

      1. spec. the varied knowledge of things human and divine, acquired by acuteness and experience, and summed up in maxims and proverbs

      2. the science and learning

      3. the act of interpreting dreams and always giving the sagest advice

      4. the intelligence evinced in discovering the meaning of some mysterious number or vision

      5. skill in the management of affairs

      6. devout and proper prudence in intercourse with men not disciples of Christ, skill and discretion in imparting Christian truth

      7. the knowledge and practice of the requisites for godly and upright living

    2. supreme intelligence, such as belongs to God

      1. to Christ

      2. the wisdom of God as evinced in forming and executing counsels in the formation and government of the world and the scriptures

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σοφία sophía, sof-ee'-ah; from G4680; wisdom (higher or lower, worldly or spiritual):—wisdom.
STRONGS G4678:
σοφία, σοφίας, (σοφός), Hebrew חָכְמָה, wisdom, broad and full intelligence (from Homer down); used of the knowledge of very diverse matters, so that the shade of meaning in which the word is taken must be discovered from the context in every particular case.
a. the wisdom which belongs to men: universally, Luke 2:40, 52; specifically, the varied knowledge of things human and divine, acquired by acuteness and experience, and summed up in maxims and proverbs, as was σοφία τοῦ Σολομῶνος, Matthew 12:42; Luke 11:31; the science and learning τῶν Αἰγυπτίων, Acts 7:22 (cf. Winers Grammar, 227 (213) n.; Buttmann, § 134, 6); the art of interpreting dreams and always giving the sagest advice, Acts 7:10; the intelligence evinced in discovering the meaning of some mysterious number or vision, Revelation 13:18; Revelation 17:9; skill in the management of affairs, Acts 6:3; a devout and proper prudence in contact with men not disciples of Christ, Colossians 4:5; skill and discretion in imparting Christian truth, Colossians 1:28; Colossians 3:16; (2 Peter 3:15); the knowledge and practice of the requisites for godly and upright living, James 1:5; James 3:13, 17; with which σοφία ἄνωθεν κατερχομένη is put in contrast the σοφία ἐπίγειος, ψυχική, δαιμονιώδης, such as is the craftiness of envious and quarrelsome men. James 3:15, or σαρκικῇ σοφία (see σαρκικός, 1), craftiness, 2 Corinthians 1:12 (for the context shows that it does not differ essentially from the πανουργία of 2 Corinthians 4:2; in Greek writings also σοφία is not infrequently used of shrewdness and cunning; cf. Passow (or Liddell and Scott), under the word, 2); the knowledge and skill in affairs requisite for the successful defense of the Christian cause against hostile accusations, Luke 21:15; an acquaintance with divine things and human duties, joined to a power of discoursing concerning them and of interpreting and applying sacred Scripture, Matthew 13:54; Mark 6:2; Acts 6:10; the wisdom or instruction with which John the Baptist and Jesus taught men the way to obtain salvation, Matthew 11:19; Luke 7:35 (on these passages, see δικαιόω, 2). In Paul's Epistles: a knowledge of the divine plan, previously hidden, of providing salvation for men by the expiatory death of Christ, 1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Corinthians 2:6; Ephesians 1:8 (Winer's Grammar, 111 (105f)); hence, all the treasures of wisdom are said to be hidden in Christ, Colossians 2:3; with the addition of Θεοῦ (genitive of the author), 1 Corinthians 1:24; 1 Corinthians 2:7; πνευματικῇ, Colossians 1:9; πνεῦμα σοφίας καί ἀποκαλύψεως, Ephesians 1:17; λόγος σοφίας, the ability to discourse eloquently of this wisdom, 1 Corinthians 12:8; opposed to this wisdom is — the empty conceit of wisdom which men make a parade of, a knowledge more specious than real of lofty and hidden subjects: such as the theosophy of certain Jewish Christians, Colossians 2:23; the philosophy of the Greeks, 1 Corinthians 1:21; 1 Corinthians 2:1; with τοῦ κόσμου added, 1 Corinthians 1:20; 1 Corinthians 3:19; τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου, 1 Corinthians 2:6; τῶν σοφῶν, 1 Corinthians 1:19; ἀνθρώπων, 1 Corinthians 2:5 (in each of these last passages the word includes also the rhetorical art, such as is taught in the schools), cf. Fritzsche, Romans, vol. i, p. 67f; σοφία τοῦ λόγου, the wisdom which shows itself in speaking (R. V. wisdom of words), the art of the rhetorician, 1 Corinthians 1:17; λόγοι (ἀνθρωπίνης (so R in 1 Corinthians 1:4 (all texts in 1 Corinthians 1:13))) σοφίας, discourse conformed to philosophy and the art of rhetoric, 1 Corinthians 2:4, 13.
b. supreme intelligence, such as belongs to God: Revelation 7:12, also to Christ, exalted to God's right hand, Revelation 5:12; the wisdom of God as evinced in forming and executing his counsels, Romans 11:33; with the addition of τοῦ Θεοῦ, as manifested in the formation and government of the world, and to the Jews, moreover, in the Scriptures, 1 Corinthians 1:21; it is called πολυποίκιλος from the great variety of ways and methods by which he devised and achieved salvation through Christ, Ephesians 3:10. In the noteworthy passage, Luke 11:49 (where Christ ascribes to 'the wisdom of God' what in the parallel, Matthew 23:34, he utters himself), the words σοφία τοῦ Θεοῦ εἶπεν seem to denote the wisdom of God which is operative and embodied as it were in Jesus, so that the primitive Christians, when to comfort themselves under persecution they recalled the saying of Christ, employed that formula of quotation (cf. 1 Corinthians 1:24, 30,etc.); but Luke, in ignorance of this fact, took the phrase for a part of Christ's saying. So Eusebius (h. e. 3, 32, 8), perhaps in the words of Hegesippus, calls those who had personally heard Christ οἱ αὐταῖς ἀκοαῖς τῆς ἐνθεου σοφίας ἐπακοῦσαι κατηξιώμενοι; cf. Grimm in the Studien und Kritiken for 1853, p. 332ff. (For other explanations of the phenomenon, see the commentaries on Luke, the passage cited Cf. Schürer, Zeitgesch. § 33, V. 1 and references.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
11:19; 12:42; 13:54; 23:34
Mark
6:2
Luke
2:40; 2:52; 7:35; 11:31; 11:49; 21:15
Acts
6:3; 6:10; 7:10; 7:22
Romans
11:33
1 Corinthians
1:4; 1:13; 1:17; 1:19; 1:20; 1:21; 1:21; 1:24; 1:24; 1:30; 1:30; 2:1; 2:4; 2:5; 2:6; 2:6; 2:7; 2:13; 3:19; 12:8
2 Corinthians
1:12; 4:2
Ephesians
1:8; 1:17; 3:10
Colossians
1:9; 1:28; 2:3; 2:23; 3:16; 4:5
James
1:5; 3:13; 3:15; 3:17
2 Peter
3:15
Revelation
5:12; 7:12; 13:18; 17:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4678 matches the Greek σοφία (sophia),
which occurs 51 times in 49 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:19 -

“The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! ’ Yet wisdom is vindicated[fn] by her deeds.”[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:42 -

“The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and look ​— ​something greater than Solomon is here.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:54 -

He went to his hometown and began to teach them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:2 -

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished. “Where did this man get these things? ” they said. “What is this wisdom that has been given to him, and how are these miracles performed by his hands?

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:40 -

The boy grew up and became strong, filled with wisdom, and God’s grace was on him.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:52 -

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and with people.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:35 -

“Yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:31 -

“The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and look ​— ​something greater than Solomon is here.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:49 -

“Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:15 -

“for I will give you such words and a wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:3 -

“Brothers and sisters, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we can appoint to this duty.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:10 -

But they were unable to stand up against his wisdom and the Spirit by whom he was speaking.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:10 -

“and rescued him out of all his troubles. He gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and over his whole household.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:22 -

“So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his speech and actions.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:33 -

Oh, the depth of the riches

and the wisdom and the knowledge of God!

How unsearchable his judgments

and untraceable his ways!

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:17 -

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel ​— ​not with eloquent wisdom, so that the cross of Christ will not be emptied of its effect.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:19 -

For it is written,

I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,

and I will set aside the intelligence of the intelligent.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:20 -

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?

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:21 -

For since, in God’s wisdom, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of what is preached.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:22 -

For the Jews ask for signs and the Greeks seek wisdom,

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:24 -

Yet to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God,

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:30 -

It is from him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom from God for us ​— ​our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption ​— ​

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:1 -

When I came to you, brothers and sisters, announcing the mystery[fn] of God to you, I did not come with brilliance of speech or wisdom.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:4 -

My speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom[fn] but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:5 -

so that your faith might not be based on human wisdom but on God’s power.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:6 -

We do, however, speak a wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:7 -

On the contrary, we speak God’s hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined before the ages for our glory.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:13 -

We also speak these things, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:19 -

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

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:8 -

to one is given a message of wisdom through the Spirit, to another, a message of knowledge by the same Spirit,

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:12 -

Indeed, this is our boast: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with godly sincerity and purity, not by human wisdom but by God’s grace.

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:8 -

that he richly poured out on us with all wisdom and understanding.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:17 -

I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father,[fn] would give you the Spirit[fn] of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:10 -

This is so that God’s multi-faceted wisdom may now be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavens.

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:9 -

For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:28 -

We proclaim him, warning and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:3 -

In him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:23 -

Although these have a reputation for wisdom by promoting self-made religion, false humility, and severe treatment of the body, they are not of any value in curbing self-indulgence.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:16 -

Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another through psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs,[fn] singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:5 -

Act wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time.

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:5 -

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God ​— ​who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly ​— ​and it will be given to him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:13 -

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:15 -

Such wisdom does not come down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:17 -

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without pretense.

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:15 -

Also, regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our dear brother Paul has written to you according to the wisdom given to him.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:12 -

They said with a loud voice,

Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered

to receive power and riches

and wisdom and strength

and honor and glory and blessing!

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:12 -

saying,

Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom

and thanksgiving and honor

and power and strength

be to our God forever and ever. Amen.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:18 -

This calls for wisdom:[fn] Let the one who has understanding calculate[fn] the number of the beast, because it is the number of a person. Its number is 666.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:9 -

“This calls for a mind that has wisdom.[fn]

“The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated. They are also seven kings:

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