2001 Translation

SOPHIAS, sophias

Sounds Like: so-fee-AS

Translations: of wisdom, of skill, of cleverness

From the root: ΣΟΦΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to wisdom, skill, or cleverness. It is often used in a religious or philosophical context to denote divine or human insight and understanding. It can also refer to practical skill or expertise in a craft or art. In a sentence, it would typically follow a noun or verb that it modifies, indicating possession or the object of an action.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4678 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:207, 1:260

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 8:14, 10:78, 11:8
• To the Newly Baptized — 1:2

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 18:6, 58:1

Codex Sinaiticus

• 4 Maccabees — 1:15, 1:18
• Psalms — 50:8, 110:10
• Proverbs — 1:7, 2:2, 4:11, 9:10, 16:16, 18:2, 22:4, 24:3, 31:5
• Ecclesiastes — 1:18, 10:1
• Job — 11:6
• Wisdom — 7:7, 7:15, 8:5, 8:17, 9:6, 14:5
• Sirach — 0:3, 1:6, 1:14, 1:16, 1:18, 1:20, 1:25, 6:37, 15:3, 23:2, 23:27, 37:21, 39:6, 42:21
• Isaiah — 11:2
• Acts of the Apostles — 6:3
• Romans — 11:33
• 1 Corinthians — 1:21, 2:1, 2:4, 2:13, 12:8
• Ephesians — 1:17
• Colossians — 2:3, 2:23
• James — 1:5, 3:13

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 9:51, 17:111, 22:181, 14:141, 21:183
• Book Two — 14:141, 21:183

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 0:18
• Book 2 — 2:15, 13:286, 13:288
• Book 8 — 2:34, 6:166, 6:173
• Book 10 — 10:189, 10:194, 10:200, 10:204, 11:239, 11:240
• Book 11 — 3:64
• Book 18 — 1:16

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 34:4
• Book Two — 8:42

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 61:3, 87:2, 87:4, 121:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Exodus — 31:3, 35:31, 35:33, 35:35
• 1 Kings — 4:30
• 2 Chronicles — 9:5, 9:6, 9:23
• 4 Maccabees — 1:15, 1:18
• Psalms — 50:8, 110:10
• Proverbs — 1:7, 2:2, 4:11, 9:10, 16:16, 18:2, 22:4, 24:3, 24:73
• Ecclesiastes — 1:18, 7:13, 10:1
• Job — 11:6
• Wisdom — 6:20, 7:7, 7:15, 7:30, 8:5, 8:17, 9:6, 14:5
• Sirach — 0:3, 1:6, 1:14, 1:16, 1:18, 1:20, 1:25, 6:37, 15:3, 22:6, 23:2, 24:1, 37:21, 39:6, 40:20, 42:21
• Isaiah — 11:2
• Baruch — 3:12, 3:23
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 1:20

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Luke — 2:40
• Acts — 6:3
• Romans — 11:33
• 1 Corinthians — 1:21, 2:1, 2:4, 2:13, 12:8
• Ephesians — 1:17
• Colossians — 2:3, 2:23
• James — 1:5, 3:13

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΟΦΙΑ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΣΟΦΙΑ — wisdom, a wisdom
• ΣΟΦΙΑΝ — wisdom, a wisdom
• ΣΟΦΙΣΤΙΚΩΣ — sophistically, artfully, cleverly, subtly
• ΦΙΑ — wisdom, skill, knowledge, insight, prudence, a wisdom

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