Greek a / g:adv · G4680
σοφός
sophossof-os'
wise
19 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: sophós
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4680is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4680
wise (in a most general application)
The King James renders it: wise.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
sophos is rendered "wise". It stands 19 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Eleven of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
Matthew 11:25σοφῶν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eleven of the word's nineteen uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- wise16
- a wise1
- to wise1
- wiser1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 19, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- σοφῶν4
- σοφός3
- σοφὸς3
- σοφοὺς3
- σοφοὶ2
- σοφοί1
- σοφοῖς1
- σοφούς1
- σοφώτερον1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular6A-NSM
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine plural4A-APM
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural4A-GPM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural3A-NPM
- adjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1A-DPM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1A-NSN-C
Matthew
two uses
At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
- σοφῶνsophonadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: wise
Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.
- σοφοὺςsophousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: wise
Luke
one use
At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
- σοφῶνsophonadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: wise
Romans
three uses
I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
- σοφοῖςsophoisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: to wise
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
- σοφοὶsophoiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: wise
Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.
- σοφοὺςsophousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: wise
1 Corinthians
eleven uses
For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
- σοφῶνsophonadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: wise
Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
- σοφόςsophosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: wise
For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.
- σοφώτερονsophoteronadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: wiser
Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.
- σοφοὶsophoiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: wise
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
- σοφούςsophousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: wise
By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.
- σοφὸςsophosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a wise
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
- σοφὸςsophosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: wise
- σοφόςsophosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: wise
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
- σοφοὺςsophousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: wise
And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
- σοφῶνsophonadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: wise
I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?
- σοφόςsophosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: wise
Ephesians
one use
Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
- σοφοίsophoiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: wise
James
one use
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
- σοφὸςsophosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: wise
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.