σοφία

sofiva sofiva,
sofiva",
hJ (
sofov"), Hebrew hm;k]j;, wisdom, broad and full intelligence (from Homer down); used of the knowledge of very diverse matters, so that the shade of meaning in which the word is taken must be discovered from the context in every particular case. a. the wisdom which belongs to men: universally, ,; specifically, the varied knowledge of things human and divine, acquired by acuteness and experience, and summed up in maxims and proverbs, as was
hJ
sofiva
tou'
Solomw'no", ; ; the science and learning
tw'n
Aijguptivwn, (cf. Winer's Grammar, 227 (213) n.; Buttmann, sec. 134, 6); the art of interpreting dreams and always giving the sagest advice, ; the intelligence evinced in discovering the meaning of some mysterious number or vision, ; ; skill in the management of affairs, ; a devout and proper prudence in contact with men not disciples of Christ, ; skill and discretion in imparting Christian truth, ; ; (); the knowledge and practice of the requisites for godly and upright living, ; ,; with which
sofiva
a[nwqen
katercomevnh is put in contrast the
sofiva
ejpivgeio",
yucikhv,
daimoniwvdh", such as is the craftiness of envious and quarrelsome men. , or
sarkikh'/
sofiva (see
sarkikov", 1), craftiness, (for the context shows that it does not differ essentially from the
panourgiva of ; in Greek writings also
sofiva is not infrequently used of shrewdness and cunning; cf. Passow (or Liddell and Scott), under the word, 2); the knowledge and skill in affairs requisite for the successful defense of the Christian cause against hostile accusations, ; an acquaintance with divine things and human duties, joined to a power of discoursing concerning them and of interpreting and applying sacred Scripture, ; ; ; the wisdom or instruction with which John the Baptist and Jesus taught men the way to obtain salvation, ; (on these passages, see
dikaiovw, 2). In Paul's Epistles: a knowledge of the divine plan, previously hidden, of providing salvation for men by the expiatory death of Christ, ; ; (Winer's Grammar, 111 (105f)); hence, all the treasures of wisdom are said to be hidden in Christ, ; with the addition of
Qeou' (genitive of the author), ; ;
pneumatikh'/, ;
pneu'ma
sofiva"
kaiv
ajpokaluvyew", ;
lovgo"
sofiva", the ability to discourse eloquently of this wisdom, ; opposed to this wisdom is -- the empty conceit of wisdom which men make a parade of, a knowledge more specious than real of lofty and hidden subjects: such as the theosophy of certain Jewish Christians, ; the philosophy of the Greeks, f; ; with
tou'
kovsmou added, ; ;
tou'
aijw'no"