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σοφία
sophía · Greek · Strong's G4678 · 51 occurrences
The KJV renders 12 different Hebrew and Greek words as “wisdom”
What it means
wisdom (higher or lower, worldly or spiritual)
from G4680 (σοφός);
How the KJV renders it
wisdom
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“wisdom”
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Where it appears
51 occurrences in the Greek text, first 49 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 1:17 · N-DSF
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn’t be made void.
1 Corinthians 1:19 · N-ASF
For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise. I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.”
1 Corinthians 1:20 · N-ASF
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
1 Corinthians 1:21 · N-DSF
For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn’t know God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.
1 Corinthians 1:22 · N-ASF
For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,
1 Corinthians 1:24 · N-ASF
but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God;
1 Corinthians 1:30 N-NSF1 Corinthians 2:1 N-GSF1 Corinthians 2:4 N-GSF1 Corinthians 2:5 N-DSF1 Corinthians 2:6 N-ASF1 Corinthians 2:7 N-ASF1 Corinthians 2:13 N-GSF1 Corinthians 3:19 N-NSF1 Corinthians 12:8 N-GSF2 Corinthians 1:12 N-DSF2 Peter 3:15 N-ASFActs 6:3 N-GSFActs 6:10 N-DSFActs 7:10 N-ASFActs 7:22 N-DSFColossians 1:9 N-DSFColossians 1:28 N-DSFColossians 2:3 N-GSFColossians 2:23 N-GSFColossians 3:16 N-DSFColossians 4:5 N-DSFEphesians 1:8 N-DSFEphesians 1:17 N-GSFEphesians 3:10 N-NSFJames 1:5 N-GSFJames 3:13 N-GSFJames 3:15 N-NSFJames 3:17 N-NSFLuke 2:40 N-GSFLuke 2:52 N-DSFLuke 7:35 N-NSFLuke 11:31 N-ASFLuke 11:49 N-NSFLuke 21:15 N-ASFMatthew 11:19 N-NSFMatthew 12:42 N-ASFMatthew 13:54 N-NSFMark 6:2 N-NSFRevelation 5:12 N-ASFRevelation 7:12 N-NSFRevelation 13:18 N-NSFRevelation 17:9 N-ASFRomans 11:33 N-GSF
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