wise

Greek Adjective OR Adverb

σοφός, -ή, -όν [in LXX chiefly for חָכָם;] skilled, clever, wise, whether in handicraft, the affairs of life, the sciences or learning: Rom.16:19, 1Co.3:10; of the learned, Rom.1:14, 22, 1Co.1:19-20 1:26-27 3:18-20; of Jewish teachers, Mat.11:25, Luk.10:21; Christian, Mat.23:34; of those en­dowed with practical wisdom, 1Co.6:5, Eph.5:15, Jas.3:13; of God, Rom.16:27; compar, τ. μωρὸν τ. θεοῦ σοφώτερον, 1Co.1:25. SYN.: συνετός, φρόνιμος (see: σοφία, SYN.) (AS)

wise

Greek Adjective OR Adverb

σοφός, ή, όν, skilled in any handicraft or art, clever, ἁρματηλάτας σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a sculptor, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; even of hedgers and ditchers, [Refs]; but in this sense mostly of poets and musicians, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν κιθάρᾳ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν τέχνην -ώτερος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; γλώσσῃ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) clever in practical matters, wise, prudent, ὁ χρήσιμ᾽ εἰδώς, οὐχ ὁ πόλλ᾽ εἰδώς, σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially statesmanlike, in which sense the seven Sages were so called, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: hence, shrewd, worldly-wise, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; πολλὰ σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἃ δεῖ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: even of animals, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. πειθώ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐβουλία [Refs 4th c.BC+]. my little trick, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; your clever notion, [Refs]; τἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ σοφά, δάκρυα my tears, all the resources that I have, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ δίκαια, τῶν σοφῶν κρείσσω τάδε better than all craft, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σοφόν [ἐστι] with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2.b) more generally, learned, wise, τὸ μὲν σ. [αὐτὸν] καλεῖν ἔμοιγε μέγα εἶναι δοκεῖ καὶ θεῷ μόνῳ πρέπειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of sophists,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; universally and ideally wise, ὁ σ, τουτέστιν ὁ τὴν τοῦ ἀληθοῦς ἐπιστήμην ἔχων [Refs 3rd c.BC+] as a title, especially of lawyers or professors, [Refs 5th c.AD+] 3) subtle, ingenious, opposed to ἀμαθής [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σοφόν τοι τὸ σαφές, οὐ τὸ μὴ σαφές [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ σοφὸν οὐ σοφία wisdom overmuch is no wisdom, [Refs]; τί οὖν ἦν τοῦτ; οὐδὲν ποικίλον οὐδὲ σοφόν nothing curious or recondite, [Refs 4th c.BC+]—For the senses of ς, see [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἐν οἰωνοῖς, κιθάρᾳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; περί τι or τινος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, πῶς δῆτ᾽ ἔγωγ᾽ ἂν. Διὸς γενοίμην εὖ φρονεῖν σοφώτερο; [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) of things, cleverly devised, wise, νόμος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νοήματα, ἔπεα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάντα προσφέρων σοφά all wise sayings, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν σοφὸν εἶναι shows no great wisdom, [Refs 4th c.BC+] III) adverb σοφῶς cleverly, wisely, etc, first in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ώτερον[Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ώτατα[Refs 5th c.BC+] —σοφῶς, as an exclamation of applause, [Refs 1st c.AD+] (Not in Epic dialect, except in Margites [prev. cited] and as ancient [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but see at {σοφία},{σοφίζομαι}.)

Greek

Adjective

wise (in a most general application); wise; akin to (clear)