σοφία

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wisdom

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)