σοφία

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: 1 Kor 2,1; 2,4-5, Jak 3,15, Åb 13,18; 17,9; σ. Σολομῶνος, Matt 12,42, Luk 11,31; Αἰγυπτίων, ApG 7,22 Ἕλληνες σ. ζητοῦσιν, 1 Kor 1,22 σ. λόγου, 1 Kor 1,17 τ. σοφῶν, 1 Kor 1,19 (LXX); τ. κόσμου, 1 Kor 1,20-21; 3,19; ἀνθρωπίνη, 1 Kor 2,13 σαρκική, 2 Kor 1,12

of wisdom in spiritual things: Luk 21,15, ApG 6,3, 10; 7,10, 1 Kor 2,6, Kol 1,28; 2,23; 3,16; 4,5, Jak 1,5; 3,13, 17, 2 Pet 3,15; λόγος σοφίας, 1 Kor 12,8 πνεῦμα σοφίας, Ef 1,17 σ. καὶ φρόνησις, Ef 1,8 σ. καὶ σύνεσις, Kol 1,9

(b) of divine wisdom: of God, Rom 11,33, 1 Kor 1,21; 1,24; 2,7, Åb 7,12; πολυποίκιλος, Ef 3,10

of Christ, Matt 13,54, Mark 6,2, Luk 2,40, 52, 1 Kor 1,30 Kol 2,3, Åb 5,12;

of wisdom personified, Matt 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 Kol 1,9 Lft., Notes, 317 f.; Tr., Syn., § LXXv; Cremer, 870 ff.).