wisdom

Greek Noun Female

σοφία, -ας, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for חׇכְמָה;] skill, intelligence, wisdom, ranging from knowledge of the arts and matters of daily life to mental excellence in its highest and fullest sense; (a) of human wisdom: 1Co.2:1 2:4-5, Jas.3:15, Rev.13:18 17:9; σ. Σολομῶνος, Mat.12:42, Luk.11:31; Αἰγυπτίων, Act.7:22; Ἕλληνες σ. ζητοῦσιν, 1Co.1:22; σ. λόγου, 1Co.1:17; τ. σοφῶν, 1Co.1:19 (LXX); τ. κόσμου, 1Co.1:20-21 3:19; ἀνθρωπίνη, 1Co.2:13; σαρκική, 2Co.1:12; of wisdom in spiritual things: Luk.21:15, Act.6:3, 10 7:10, 1Co.2:6, Col.1:28 2:23 3:16 4:5, Jas.1:5 3:13, 17, 2Pe.3:15; λόγος σοφίας, 1Co.12:8; πνεῦμα σοφίας, Eph.1:17; σ. καὶ φρόνησις, Eph.1:8; σ. καὶ σύνεσις, Col.1:9; (b) of divine wisdom: of God, Rom.11:33, 1Co.1:21 1:24 2:7, Rev.7:12; πολυποίκιλος, Eph.3:10 of Christ, Mat.13:54, Mrk.6:2, Luk.2:40, 52, 1Co.1:30 Col.2:3, Rev.5:12; of wisdom personified, Mat.11:19, Luk.7:35 11:49. SYN.: σύνεσις, intelligence; φρόνησις, prudence, which with σ. make up (Arist, N. Eth, i, 13) the three intellectual ἀρεταί. σ. is wisdom primary and absolute; in distinction from which φ. is practical, σύνεσις critical, both being applications of σ. in detail (cf. Lft, and ICC on Col.1:9; Lft, Notes, 317 f; Tr, Syn., § LXXv; Cremer, 870 ff.). (AS)

wisdom

Greek Noun Female

σοφία, Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, properly cleverness or skill in handicraft and art, as in carpentry, τέκτονος, ὅς ῥά τε πάσης εὖ εἰδῇ σ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the Telchines, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἔντεχνος σ, of Hephaestus and Athena, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Daedalus and Palamedes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in music and singing, τέχνῃ καὶ σ. [Refs 6th c.BC+]; in medicine or surgery, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ περὶ Ὁμήρου σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]: rare in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) skill in matters of common life. sound judgement, intelligence, practical wisdom, etc, such as was attributed to the seven sages, like{φρόνησις}, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἡ τῶν δεινῶν σ, opposed to ἀμαθία, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν τότε καλουμένην σ, οὖσαν δὲ δεινότητα πολιτικὴν καὶ δραστήριον σύνεσιν [Refs 1st c.AD+]; also, cunning, shrewdness, craft, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ λοιδορῆς αι θεοὺς ἐχθρὰ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) learning, wisdom, μείζω τινὰ ἢ κατ᾽ ἄνθρωπον σοφίαν σοφοί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ σοφὸν οὐ σοφία (see. σοφός [Refs 4th c.BC+], speculative wisdom, “EN” 1141a19, [Refs]; defined as θείων τε καὶ ἀνθρωπίνων ἐπιστήμη, [Refs]; but also of natural philosophy and mathematics, σ. τις καὶ ἡ φυσική [Refs 4th c.BC+] 4) among the Jews, ἀρχὴ σοφίας φόβος Κυρίου [LXX]; Σοφία, recognized first as an attribute of God, was later identified with the Spirit of God,[LXX] 5) later as a title, ἡ ὑμετέρα, ἡ ὑμῶν σ, [Refs 6th c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

wisdom (higher or lower, worldly or spiritual); wisdom; from g4680 (σοφός)