ΣΟΦΟΙ, σοφοι
SOPHOI, sophoi
Sounds Like: SOH-foy
Translations: wise, the wise, a wise person
From the root: ΣΟΦΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who possesses wisdom, skill, or intelligence. It can refer to individuals who are learned, prudent, or expert in a particular field. In the provided examples, it is used as a plural noun, referring to 'the wise ones' or 'wise people'.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4680 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Psalms — 145:8
- Proverbs — 3:35, 10:14, 13:10, 24:7, 29:8
- Ecclesiastes — 9:1
- Job — 15:18, 32:9, 34:2, 37:24
- Sirach — 44:4
- Isaiah — 19:11, 19:12
- Jeremiah — 4:22, 8:8, 8:9
- Romans — 1:22
- 1 Corinthians — 1:26
- Ephesians — 5:15
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 123:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 36:4
- Psalms — 145:8
- Proverbs — 3:35, 10:14, 13:10, 24:7, 29:8
- Ecclesiastes — 9:1
- Job — 15:18, 32:9, 34:2, 37:24
- Sirach — 44:4
- Isaiah — 19:11, 19:12
- Jeremiah — 4:22, 8:8, 8:9
- Ezekiel — 27:8, 27:9, 28:3
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 2:13, 4:15, 5:8, 5:15
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΟΦΟΣ.
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.
- ΟΦΩΣ — wisely, skillfully, prudently
- ΣΟΦΑ — wise, clever, skillful, learned
- ΣΟΦΑΙ — wise, skillful, clever
- ΣΟΦΑΣ — wise, a wise one, wise women
- ΣΟΦΗ — wise, a wise (woman)
- ΣΟΦΗΝ — wise, a wise (woman/thing), clever, skillful
- ΣΟΦΗΣ — of a wise, of wise
- ΣΟΦΟ — wise, a wise person, skillful, clever, learned
- ΣΟΦΟΙΣ — to wise, to the wise, to a wise person, to a wise one, to the learned, to a learned person, to the skilled, to a skilled person
- ΣΟΦΟΝ — wise, a wise one, prudent, skillful
- ΣΟΦΟΣ — wise, a wise person, skillful, clever
- ΣΟΦΟΥ — of a wise man, of the wise, of a sage, of the sage, of a learned person, of the learned
- ΣΟΦΟΥΟ — of wise, of a wise, of a learned, of a skillful
- ΣΟΦΟΥΣ — wise, clever, skilled, the wise, wise men, wise people
- ΣΟΦΩ — (to) a wise person, (to) the wise, (to) a wise man, (to) the wise man
- ΣΟΦΩΝ — of the wise, wise, a wise person
- ΣΟΦΩΣ — wisely, skillfully, prudently, cleverly
- ΣΟΦΩΤΑΤΗ — wisest, most wise, most clever, most skillful
- ΣΟΦΩΤΑΤΟΙ — wisest, most wise, very wise
- ΣΟΦΩΤΑΤΟΥΣ — wisest, most wise, most clever, most skilled
- ΣΟΦΩΤΑΤΩ — (to) the wisest, (to) a wisest
- ΣΟΦΩΤΑΤΩΝ — of the wisest, of the most wise
- ΣΟΦΩΤΕΡΑ — wiser, more wise, wiser things, more wise things
- ΣΟΦΩΤΕΡΟΝ — wiser, more wise, more intelligent, more skillful
- ΣΟΦΩΤΕΡΟΣ — wiser, more wise
- ΣΟΦΩΤΕΡΟΥΣ — wiser, more wise
- ΤΩΣΟΦΩ — to the wise, for the wise, to a wise one, for a wise one
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