σοφία sophia

Greek word for “wisdom” · Strong’s G4678 · used 51 times in 49 verses

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Meaning

σοφία, -ας, ἡ; skill, intelligence, wisdom, ranging from knowledge of the arts and matters of daily life to mental excellence in its highest and fullest sense;

How it is translated

Glosses given for sophia in context, with how often each is used:

• wisdom 51

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Corinthians 1 (7), 1 Corinthians 2 (6), James 3 (3), Luke 2 (2), Luke 11 (2), Acts 6 (2), Acts 7 (2), Ephesians 1 (2), Colossians 1 (2), Colossians 2 (2)

Forms

• σοφίαν 13
• σοφίᾳ 13
• σοφία 12
• σοφίας 12
• Σοφίαν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with sophia more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• δύναμις dunamis “power” 7
• λόγος logos “word” 8
• σοφός sophos “wise” 4
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 7
• χάρις charis “grace” 5
• ὧδε hōde “here” 4
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 6
• διδάσκω didaskō “to teach” 4
• πνευματικός pneumatikos “spiritual” 3
• αἰών aiōn “an age” 4
• γνῶσις gnōsis “knowledge” 3
• δόξα doxa “glory” 4

Key verses

The verses using sophia that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Luke 21:15 — For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
• Romans 11:33 — O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
• 1 Corinthians 1:30 — But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
• 1 Corinthians 2:6 — Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
• 2 Corinthians 1:12 — For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have…
• Ephesians 1:17 — That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
• Colossians 1:9 — For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all…
• Colossians 1:28 — Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
• Colossians 3:16 — Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in…
• James 1:5 — If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
• James 3:13 — Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
• James 3:17 — But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.