ΣΟΦΙΣΤΗΝ, σοφιστην
SOPHISTĒN, sophistēn
Sounds Like: so-fees-TEEN
Translations: sophist, a sophist, expert, master, teacher
From the root: ΣΟΦΙΣΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a sophist, an expert, or a master, particularly in rhetoric or wisdom. In ancient Greece, sophists were often itinerant teachers who taught subjects like rhetoric, philosophy, and public speaking for a fee. The term could be used neutrally or, at times, with a negative connotation, implying someone who uses clever but fallacious arguments.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4680 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:30
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 17:41
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΟΦΙΣΤΗΣ.
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.
- ΣΟΦΙΣΤΑΙ — sophists, wise men, teachers, professors
- ΣΟΦΙΣΤΑΙΣ — to sophists, for sophists
- ΣΟΦΙΣΤΑΣ — sophist, a sophist, wise man, a wise man, expert, an expert
- ΣΟΦΙΣΤΗΣ — sophist, a sophist, expert, master
- ΣΟΦΙΣΤΙΚΟΣ — sophistic, sophistical, relating to a sophist, characteristic of a sophist
- ΣΟΦΙΣΤΩΝ — of sophists, of wise men, of experts
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