ΣΟΦΙΣΤΑΙ, σοφισται
SOPHISTAI, sophistai
Sounds Like: so-fee-STA-ee
Translations: sophists, wise men, teachers, professors
From the root: ΣΟΦΙΣΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to sophists, who were originally wise men or teachers, particularly in ancient Greece. They were known for their rhetorical skills and their ability to argue any side of an issue, often for payment. Over time, the term could also carry a negative connotation, implying someone who uses clever but fallacious arguments.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4680 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 6:152
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 129:2
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.
- ΣΟΦΙΣΤΑΙΣ — to sophists, for sophists
- ΣΟΦΙΣΤΑΣ — sophist, a sophist, wise man, a wise man, expert, an expert
- ΣΟΦΙΣΤΗΝ — sophist, a sophist, expert, master, teacher
- 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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