2001 Translation

SOPHIA, sophia

Sounds Like: so-FEE-ah

Translations: wisdom, a wisdom

From the root: ΣΟΦΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to wisdom, which is the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment. It often implies practical insight and skill in living, or divine wisdom. It is used as a feminine noun in sentences.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4678 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 5:8

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 2:3, 16:9

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:17, 4:89, 5:3, 8:16
• To the Newly Baptized — 1:4

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 13:1, 57:3

Codex Sinaiticus

• Judith — 8:29
• 4 Maccabees — 1:16
• Psalms — 89:12, 103:24, 106:27
• Proverbs — 1:20, 2:10, 3:5, 3:19, 5:1, 8:11, 8:12, 9:1, 10:23, 11:2, 14:8, 14:33, 15:33, 17:28, 20:29, 21:30, 28:26
• Ecclesiastes — 1:13, 2:3, 2:9, 2:13, 2:21, 7:10, 7:11, 7:12, 7:19, 7:23, 8:1, 9:10, 9:15, 9:16, 9:18, 10:10
• Job — 12:2, 12:12, 12:13, 13:5, 15:8, 26:3, 28:12, 28:20, 28:28, 32:7, 38:37
• Wisdom — 1:4, 1:6, 6:12, 6:22, 6:23, 7:12, 7:21, 7:24, 7:28, 9:2, 9:9, 9:18, 10:4, 10:9, 10:21, 14:2
• Sirach — 1:1, 1:4, 1:27, 4:11, 4:24, 6:22, 11:1, 14:20, 15:10, 15:18, 19:20, 19:22, 19:23, 20:30, 21:11, 21:18, 24:1, 25:5, 27:11, 34:8, 38:24, 41:14, 43:33
• Isaiah — 10:13, 33:6
• Jeremiah — 8:9, 9:22, 10:12, 28:15, 30:1
• Matthew — 11:19, 13:54
• Mark — 6:2
• Luke — 2:52, 7:35, 11:49
• Acts of the Apostles — 6:10, 7:22
• 1 Corinthians — 1:17, 1:21, 1:30, 2:5, 3:19
• 2 Corinthians — 1:12
• Ephesians — 1:8, 3:10
• Colossians — 1:9, 1:28, 3:16, 4:5
• James — 3:15, 3:17
• Revelation — 7:12, 13:18
• Epistle of Barnabas — 2:3, 6:10, 16:9
• Shepherd of Hermas — 3:4

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 22:162, 22:175, 13:135, 34:239, 38:269
• Book Two — 13:135, 34:239, 38:269

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 19:295
• Book 6 — 5:69
• Book 8 — 2:43, 2:49, 6:165
• Book 10 — 4:51
• Book 12 — 2:115
• Book 17 — 6:170
• Book 19 — 2:172

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 2:4, 38:2, 61:1, 61:3, 62:4, 100:4, 126:1, 129:3

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 3:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Exodus — 35:26, 36:1
• Deuteronomy — 4:6
• 2 Samuel — 14:20, 20:22
• 1 Chronicles — 28:21
• 2 Chronicles — 9:22
• Ezra (Alpha) — 4:59
• Ezra (Beta) — 7:25
• Judith — 8:29, 11:20
• 4 Maccabees — 1:16
• Psalms — 89:12, 103:24, 106:27
• Psalms of Solomon — 17:25, 17:31, 17:40, 18:8
• Odes — 3:10
• Proverbs — 1:20, 2:10, 3:5, 3:19, 5:1, 8:11, 8:12, 9:1, 10:23, 14:8, 14:33, 16:4, 17:28, 20:23, 21:30, 24:7, 28:26
• Ecclesiastes — 1:13, 2:3, 2:9, 2:13, 2:21, 7:11, 7:12, 7:13, 7:20, 7:24, 8:1, 9:10, 9:15, 9:16, 9:18, 10:10
• Job — 12:2, 12:12, 12:13, 13:5, 15:8, 26:3, 28:12, 28:20, 28:28, 38:37
• Wisdom — 1:4, 1:6, 6:12, 6:22, 6:23, 7:12, 7:22, 7:24, 7:28, 9:2, 9:9, 9:18, 10:4, 10:9, 10:21, 14:2
• Sirach — 1:1, 1:4, 1:27, 4:11, 4:24, 6:22, 11:1, 14:20, 15:10, 15:18, 19:20, 19:22, 19:23, 20:30, 21:11, 21:18, 24:1, 25:5, 27:11, 31:8, 38:24, 41:14
• Isaiah — 10:13, 33:6
• Jeremiah — 8:9, 9:23, 10:12, 28:15, 29:8
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 1:4, 1:17, 2:20, 2:30, 5:14
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 1:4, 1:17, 2:20
• Enoch — 5:8

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 1 — 3:4

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 11:19, 13:54
• Mark — 6:2
• Luke — 2:52, 7:35, 11:49
• Acts — 6:10, 7:22
• 1 Corinthians — 1:17, 1:21, 1:30, 2:5, 3:19
• 2 Corinthians — 1:12
• Ephesians — 1:8, 3:10
• Colossians — 1:9, 1:28, 3:16, 4:5
• James — 3:15, 3:17
• Revelation — 7:12, 13:18

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.

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

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