Greek root word (lemma) ‘σοφός’ (sofos)

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This root form (lemma) ‘σοφός’ is used in 7 different forms in the Greek originals: σοφοί (S-····NMP), σοφούς (S-····AMP), σοφοῖς (S-····DMP), σοφός (A-····NMS), σοφός (S-····NMS), σοφῶν (S-····GMP), σοφῷ (A-····DMS).

It is glossed in 5 different ways: ‘a wise’, ‘the wise’, ‘to the wise’, ‘wise’, ‘wise ones’.

Have 19 uses of Greek root word (lemma) ‘sofos’ in the Greek originals

Mat 11:25 σοφῶν (sofōn) Substantive Adjective GMP ‘you hid these things from wise and intelligent and’ SR GNT Mat 11:25 word 24

OET-LV: 25 At that the time the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) answering said: I _am _confessing to _you, father, master of _the heaven and the earth, that you _hid these things from wise and intelligent, and you _revealed them to _infants. (MAT_11:25)

OET-RV: 25 At that time Yeshua said, “I am acknowledging you, father, master of the heaven and earth, that you hid these things from ‘wise’ and ‘intelligent’ people and revealed them to the ‘naive’. (MAT 11:25)

Mat 23:34 σοφούς (sofous) Substantive Adjective AMP ‘you_all prophets and wise ones and scribes of’ SR GNT Mat 23:34 word 11

OET-LV: 34 Because _of this, see, I am _sending _out prophets and wise ones, and scribes to you _all. You _all _will _be _killing _off and you _all _will _be _executing _on _a _stake of them, and you _all _will _be _flogging of them in the synagogues of _you _all, and you _all _will _be _persecuting from city to city, (MAT_23:34)

OET-RV: 34 Because of that, listen, I’m now sending out more prophets and wise preachers and teachers to you all. You’ll kill off some of them and have others executed on stakes. You’ll flog some of them in your meeting halls, and you’ll persecute others from city to city, (MAT 23:34)

Luke 10:21 σοφῶν (sofōn) Substantive Adjective GMP ‘you hidden_away these things from the wise and intelligent and’ SR GNT Luke 10:21 word 31

OET-LV: 21 In the_same the hour, he _exulted in _the the holy spirit and said: I _am _confessing to _you, father, master of_ the _heaven and the earth, that you _hidden _away these things from the_wise and intelligent, and you _revealed them to _infants. Yes. the father, because thus it _became good _pleasure before you. (LUK_10:21)

OET-RV: 21 At the same time, the holy spirit got Yeshua excited and he said, “I’m aware father, master of heaven and earth, that you’ve hidden these things away from those who are intelligent and well-educated, and instead revealed them to infants. Yes, father, that was what you decided. (LUK 10:21)

Rom 1:14 σοφοῖς (sofois) Substantive Adjective DMP ‘both and to foreigners to the wise both and the foolish’ SR GNT Rom 1:14 word 5

OET-LV: 14 To _Hellaʸns both and to _foreigners, to_the_wise both and the_foolish, a_debtor I _am. (ROM_1:14)

OET-RV: 14 Whether it’s Greeks or other foreigners, wise people or foolish, I have an obligation (ROM 1:14)

Rom 1:22 σοφοί (sofoi) Substantive Adjective NMP ‘alleging to_be wise they were made_foolish’ SR GNT Rom 1:22 word 3

OET-LV: 22 Alleging to _be wise, they _were _made _foolish, (ROM_1:22)

OET-RV: 22 They claimed to be scientific but instead they believed foolishness (ROM 1:22)

Rom 16:19 σοφούς (sofous) Substantive Adjective AMP ‘I am wanting but you_all wise to_be in good’ SR GNT Rom 16:19 word 19

OET-LV: 19 For/Because the of _you _all obedience, to all was _reached. Over therefore you _all I _am _rejoicing, but I _am _wanting you _all wise to _be in the good, and innocent in the evil. (ROM_16:19)

OET-RV: 19 I’m excited because the story of your obedience has travelled far, but I’m wanting you all to remain wise about what’s good and innocent about evil, (ROM 16:19)

Rom 16:27 σοφῷ (sofōi) Adjective DMS ‘to the only wise god through Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa)’ SR GNT Rom 16:27 word 2

OET-LV: 27 To_the_only wise god through Yaʸsous chosen _one /messiah, to _which is the glory to the ages. Truly. (ROM_16:27)

OET-RV: 27 Now may the only wise God be honoured through Yeshua Messiah throughout the remaining ages. May it be so. (ROM 16:27)

1 Cor 1:19 σοφῶν (sofōn) Substantive Adjective GMP ‘the wisdom of the wise and the intelligence’ SR GNT 1 Cor 1:19 word 7

OET-LV: 19 For/Because it _has _been _written: I _will _be _destroying the wisdom of _the wise, and the intelligence of _the intelligent I _will _be _rejecting. (CO1_1:19)

OET-RV: 19 because it was written:
⇔ ‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
⇔ and I will nullify the understanding of the intelligent.’ (CO1 1:19)

1 Cor 1:20 σοφός (sofos) Substantive Adjective NMS ‘where is the wise where is the scribe where is’ SR GNT 1 Cor 1:20 word 2

OET-LV: 20 Where is the_wise? Where is the_scribe? Where is the_debater of_ the _age this? Not made _foolish the god the wisdom of _the world? (CO1_1:20)

OET-RV: 20 Where is the wise person? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God turned the wisdom of the world into foolishness? (CO1 1:20)

1 Cor 1:26 σοφοί (sofoi) Substantive Adjective NMP ‘that not many wise according_to the flesh not’ SR GNT 1 Cor 1:26 word 10

OET-LV: 26 For/Because you _all _are _seeing the calling of _you _all, brothers, that not many wise according _to the_flesh, not many powerful, not many noble. (CO1_1:26)

OET-RV: 26 So brothers and sisters, think about how God called you. Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, and not many were of noble birth, (CO1 1:26)

1 Cor 1:27 σοφούς (sofous) Substantive Adjective AMP ‘in_order_that he may_be disgracing the wise and the weak things’ SR GNT 1 Cor 1:27 word 12

OET-LV: 27 But the foolish things of _the world chose the god, in _order _that he _may _be _disgracing the wise, and the weak things of _the world chose the god, in _order _that he _may _be _disgracing the strong, (CO1_1:27)

OET-RV: 27 but God chose the foolish things of the world to shame those considered to be wise, and he chose the weak things of the world to shame those considered to be strong. (CO1 1:27)

1 Cor 3:10 σοφός (sofos) Adjective NMS ‘having_been given to me as a wise architect the foundation I laid’ SR GNT 1 Cor 3:10 word 10

OET-LV: 10 According _to the grace of_ the _god which having _been _given to _me, as a_wise architect the_foundation I _laid, but another is _building _on it. But each let _be _seeing, how he _is _building _on. (CO1_3:10)

OET-RV: 10 Using the gifts that God has given me as a wise master-builder, I laid down a foundation and then someone else is building on it. But they need to take care about how they build on it (CO1 3:10)

1 Cor 3:18 σοφός (sofos) Substantive Adjective NMS ‘if anyone is supposing wise to_be among you_all’ SR GNT 1 Cor 3:18 word 7

OET-LV: 18 No _one himself let _be _deceiving, if anyone is _supposing wise to _be among you _all in the age this, foolish him _let _become, in _order _that he _may _become wise. (CO1_3:18)

OET-RV: 18 Don’t let any of you fool yourselves. If anyone of you thinks they’re wise by worldly standards, then let those people become ‘foolish’ so that they really can become wise (CO1 3:18)

1 Cor 3:18 σοφός (sofos) Substantive Adjective NMS ‘him let become in_order_that he may become wise’ SR GNT 1 Cor 3:18 word 19

OET-LV: 18 No _one himself let _be _deceiving, if anyone is _supposing wise to _be among you _all in the age this, foolish him _let _become, in _order _that he _may _become wise. (CO1_3:18)

1 Cor 3:19 σοφούς (sofous) Substantive Adjective AMP ‘the one catching the wise in the craftiness’ SR GNT 1 Cor 3:19 word 17

OET-LV: 19 For/Because the wisdom of_ the _world this, foolishness with the god is. For/Because it _has _been _written: The one catching the wise in the craftiness of _them he _is. (CO1_3:19)

OET-RV: 19 because this world’s wisdom is foolishness with God, because as it’s written: ‘He catches out the wise in their craftiness.’ (CO1 3:19)

1 Cor 3:20 σοφῶν (sofōn) Substantive Adjective GMP ‘the speculations of the wise that they are useless’ SR GNT 1 Cor 3:20 word 9

OET-LV: 20 And furthermore: The_master is _knowing the speculations of _the wise, that they _are useless. (CO1_3:20)

OET-RV: 20 And further: ‘Yahweh knows that the thoughts of wise people are useless.’ (CO1 3:20)

1 Cor 6:5 σοφός (sofos) Substantive Adjective NMS ‘among you_all no_one wise who will_be able to distinguish’ SR GNT 1 Cor 6:5 word 13

OET-LV: 5 For/Because shame to _you _all I _am _saying. Thus not there _is among you _all no _one wise, who will _be _able to _distinguish among ^your_midst of _the brother of _him? (CO1_6:5)

OET-RV: 5 I say that to your shame. Don’t you have anyone among you all who can arbitrate between believers? (CO1 6:5)

Eph 5:15 σοφοί (sofoi) Substantive Adjective NMP ‘unwise but as wise’ SR GNT Eph 5:15 word 14

OET-LV: 15 Therefore be _watching _out exactly how you _all _are _walking, not as unwise, but as wise, (EPH_5:15)

OET-RV: 15 Because of that, take great care in exactly how you’re living. Don’t live like fools, but like wise people, (EPH 5:15)

Yac (Jam) 3:13 σοφός (sofos) Substantive Adjective NMS ‘who is wise and understanding among’ SR GNT Yac 3:13 word 2

OET-LV: 13 Who is wise and understanding among you _all? Him _let _show out _of his good conduct the works of _him in the_gentleness of _wisdom. (JAM_3:13)

OET-RV: 13 Any of you that are wise and understanding should demonstrate their good deeds and wisdom by their godly living. (JAM 3:13)

Other possible lexically-related lemmas

Greek root word (lemma) ‘asofos’ with prefix=‘a’

Have 1 use of Greek root word (lemma) ‘asofos’ (substantive adjective) in the Greek originals

Eph 5:15 ἄσοφοι (asofoi) NMP ‘you_all are walking not as unwise but as wise’ SR GNT Eph 5:15 word 11

OET-LV: 15 Therefore be _watching _out exactly how you _all _are _walking, not as unwise, but as wise, (EPH_5:15)

OET-RV: 15 Because of that, take great care in exactly how you’re living. Don’t live like fools, but like wise people, (EPH 5:15)

Key: A=adjective S=substantive adjective AMP=accusative,masculine,plural DMP=dative,masculine,plural DMS=dative,masculine,singular GMP=genitive,masculine,plural NMP=nominative,masculine,plural NMS=nominative,masculine,singular