ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΟΙ, φιλοσοφοι
PHILOSOPHOI, philosophoi
Sounds Like: fee-LO-so-foy
Translations: philosophers
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to individuals who are lovers of wisdom or knowledge. It is a compound word derived from 'φίλος' (philos), meaning 'loving' or 'dear', and 'σοφία' (sophia), meaning 'wisdom'. In ancient Greek contexts, philosophers were thinkers who pursued understanding of fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5386 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Josephus' Against Apion
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 20:1
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:6, 0:10
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 5:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΟΣ.
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.
- ΦΙΛΙΣΟΦΩ — philosopher, a philosopher, philosophical, (to) a philosopher, (to) the philosopher, (to) philosophical
- ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΕ — O philosopher, philosopher
- ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΟΙΣ — to philosophers, for philosophers
- ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΟΝ — philosophical, a philosopher, a scholar
- ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΟΣ — philosopher, a philosopher
- ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΟΥ — of a philosopher, a philosopher
- ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΟΥΣ — philosophers
- ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΩΝ — of philosophers, to philosophers, philosophers, a philosopher
- ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΩΤΑΤΟ — most philosophical, most learned, most wise
- ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΩΤΑΤΟΝ — most philosophical, very philosophical, a most philosophical thing, the most philosophical
- ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΩΤΕΡΑΝ — more philosophical, a more philosophical, wiser, a wiser
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