Lexical Definition

‎σοφός‎ sophós (sof-os') wise ^{G:A / G:ADV}
akin to (clear)

wise.

• wise (in a most general application)

Abbott-Smith

σοφός, -ή, -όν [in LXX chiefly for חָכָם ;]
skilled, clever, wise, whether in handicraft, the affairs of life, the sciences or learning: Ro 16:19, I Co 3:10; of the learned, Ro 1:14, 22, I Co 1:19, 20, 26, 27 3:18-20; of Jewish teachers, Mt 11:25, Lk 10:21; Christian, Mt 23:34; of those en­dowed with practical wisdom, I Co 6:5, Eph 5:15, Ja 3:13; of God, Ro 16:27; compar., τ. μωρὸν τ. θεοῦ σοφώτερον, I Co 1:25.†
SYN.: συνετός, φρόνιμος (v.s. σοφία, SYN.)

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

σοφός, ή, όν,

skilled in any handicraft or art, clever, ἁρματηλάτας σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a sculptor, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; even of hedgers and ditchers, [Refs]; but in this sense mostly of poets and musicians, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν κιθάρᾳ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν τέχνην -ώτερος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; γλώσσῃ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 clever in practical matters, wise, prudent, ὁ χρήσιμ᾽ εἰδώς, οὐχ ὁ πόλλ᾽ εἰδώς, σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially statesmanlike, in which sense the seven Sages were so called, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: hence, shrewd, worldly-wise, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; πολλὰ σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἃ δεῖ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: even of animals, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. πειθώ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐβουλία [Refs 4th c.BC+]. my little trick, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; your clever notion, [Refs]; τἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ σοφά, δάκρυα my tears, all the resources that I have, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ δίκαια, τῶν σοφῶν κρείσσω τάδε better than all craft, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σοφόν [ἐστι] with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.b more generally, learned, wise, τὸ μὲν σ. [αὐτὸν] καλεῖν ἔμοιγε μέγα εἶναι δοκεῖ καὶ θεῷ μόνῳ πρέπειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of sophists,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; universally and ideally wise, ὁ σ., τουτέστιν ὁ τὴν τοῦ ἀληθοῦς ἐπιστήμην ἔχων [Refs 3rd c.BC+] as a title, especially of lawyers or professors, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
__3 subtle, ingenious, opposed to ἀμαθής [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σοφόν τοι τὸ σαφές, οὐ τὸ μὴ σαφές [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ σοφὸν οὐ σοφία wisdom overmuch is no wisdom, [Refs]; τί οὖν ἦν τοῦτ; οὐδὲν ποικίλον οὐδὲ σοφόν nothing curious or recondite, [Refs 4th c.BC+]—For the senses of ς., see [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἐν οἰωνοῖς, κιθάρᾳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; περί τι or τινος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, πῶς δῆτ᾽ ἔγωγ᾽ ἂν.. Διὸς γενοίμην εὖ φρονεῖν σοφώτερο; [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II of things, cleverly devised, wise, νόμος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νοήματα, ἔπεα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάντα προσφέρων σοφά all wise sayings, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν σοφὸν εἶναι shows no great wisdom, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III adverb σοφῶς cleverly, wisely, etc., first (?) in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ώτερον[Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ώτατα[Refs 5th c.BC+] —σοφῶς, as an exclamation of applause, [Refs 1st c.AD+] (Not in Epic dialect, except in Margites [prev. cited] and as ancient [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but see at {σοφία},{σοφίζομαι}.)