Lexical Definition

‎σοφία‎ sophía (sof-ee'-ah) wisdom ^G:N-F
from ‎σοφός‎

wisdom.

• wisdom (higher or lower, worldly or spiritual)

Abbott-Smith

σοφία, -ας, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for חׇכְמָה ;]
skill, intelligence, wisdom, ranging from knowledge of the arts and matters of daily life to mental excellence in its highest and fullest sense;
(a) of human wisdom: I Co 2:1, 4, 5, Ja 3:15, Re 13:18 17:9; σ. Σολομῶνος, Mt 12:42, Lk 11:31; Αἰγυπτίων, Ac 7:22; Ἕλληνες σ. ζητοῦσιν, I Co 1:22; σ. λόγου, I Co 1:17; τ. σοφῶν, ib. 19 (LXX); τ. κόσμου, ib. 20, 21 3:19; ἀνθρωπίνη, I Co 2:13; σαρκική, II Co 1:12;
of wisdom in spiritual things: Lk 21:15, Ac 6:3, 10 7:10, I Co 2:6, Col 1:28 2:23 3:16 4:5, Ja 1:5 3:13, 17, II Pe 3:15; λόγος σοφίας, I Co 12:8; πνεῦμα σοφίας, Eph 1:17; σ. καὶ φρόνησις, Eph 1:8; σ. καὶ σύνεσις, Col 1:9;
(b) of divine wisdom: of God, Ro 11:33, I Co 1:21, 24 2:7, Re 7:12; πολυποίκιλος, Eph 3:10
of Christ, Mt 13:54, Mk 6:2, Lk 2:40, 52, I Co 1:30 Col 2:3, Re 5:12;
of wisdom personified, Mt 11:19, Lk 7:35 11:49.†
SYN.: σύνεσις, intelligence; φρόνησις, prudence, which with σ. make up (Arist., N. Eth., i, 13) the three intellectual ἀρεταί. σ. is wisdom primary and absolute; in distinction from which φ. is practical, σύνεσις critical, both being applications of σ. in detail (cf. Lft., and ICC on Col 1:9; Lft., Notes, 317 f.; Tr., Syn., § lxxv; Cremer, 870 ff.).

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

σοφία,

Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, properly cleverness or skill in handicraft and art, as in carpentry, τέκτονος, ὅς ῥά τε πάσης εὖ εἰδῇ σ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the Telchines, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἔντεχνος σ., of Hephaestus and Athena, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Daedalus and Palamedes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in music and singing, τέχνῃ καὶ σ. [Refs 6th c.BC+]; in medicine or surgery, [σοφίας εἰς γῆρας ἀφίκετο 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 406b; σ. δημηγορική, δικανική, [prev. work] 365d ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ περὶ Ὁμήρου σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]: rare in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 skill in matters of common life. sound judgement, intelligence, practical wisdom, etc., such as was attributed to the seven sages, like{φρόνησις}, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἡ τῶν δεινῶν σ., opposed to ἀμαθία, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν τότε καλουμένην σ., οὖσαν δὲ δεινότητα πολιτικὴν καὶ δραστήριον σύνεσιν [Refs 1st c.AD+]; also, cunning, shrewdness, craft, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ λοιδορῆς αι θεοὺς ἐχθρὰ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 learning, wisdom, μείζω τινὰ ἢ κατ᾽ ἄνθρωπον σοφίαν σοφοί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ σοφὸν οὐ σοφία (see. σοφός [Refs 4th c.BC+], speculative wisdom, “EN” 1141a19, [Refs]; defined as θείων τε καὶ ἀνθρωπίνων ἐπιστήμη, [Refs]; but also of natural philosophy and mathematics, σ. τις καὶ ἡ φυσική [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4 among the Jews, ἀρχὴ σοφίας φόβος Κυρίου [LXX]; Σοφία, recognized first as an attribute of God, was later identified with the Spirit of God,[LXX]
__5 later as a title, ἡ ὑμετέρα, ἡ ὑμῶν σ., [Refs 6th c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Prov.1.7 ☩ LXX.Job.28.28}