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, 273:18-20; 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.†