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σοφίᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σοφίᾱ σοφίας

Structure: σοφι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. skill or cleverness in carpentry, music, or other crafts
  2. skill related to everyday life: sound judgment, prudence
  3. knowledge of a higher kind: learning, wisdom

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ γυναῖκεσ, αἷσ ἔδοξε τῇ διανοίᾳ αὐτῶν ἐν σοφίᾳ, ἔνησαν τὰσ τρίχασ τὰσ αἰγείασ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 35:26)
  • ΚΑΙ ἐποίησε Βεσελεήλ καὶ Ἐλιὰβ καὶ πᾶσ σοφὸσ τῇ διανοίᾳ, ᾧ ἐδόθη σοφία καὶ ἐπιστήμη ἐν αὐτοῖσ συνιέναι ποιεῖν πάντα τὰ ἔργα κατὰ τὰ ἅγια καθήκοντα, κατὰ πάντα ὅσα συνέταξε Κύριοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 36:1)
  • καὶ φυλάξεσθε καὶ ποιήσετε, ὅτι αὕτη ἡ σοφία καὶ ἡ σύνεσισ ὑμῶν ἐναντίον πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν, ὅσοι ἐὰν ἀκούσωσι πάντα τὰ δικαιώματα ταῦτα καὶ ἐροῦσιν. ἰδοὺ λαὸσ σοφὸσ καὶ ἐπιστήμων τὸ ἔθνοσ τὸ μέγα τοῦτο. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 4:6)
  • ἕνεκεν τοῦ περιελθεῖν τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ ρήματοσ τούτου ἐποίησεν ὁ δοῦλόσ σου Ἰωὰβ τὸν λόγον τοῦτον, καὶ ὁ κύριόσ μου σοφὸσ καθὼσ σοφία ἀγγέλου τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ γνῶναι πάντα τὰ ἐν τῇ γῇ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 14:20)
  • καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ἡ γυνὴ πρὸσ πάντα τὸν λαὸν καὶ ἐλάλησε πρὸσ πᾶσαν τὴν πόλιν ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ αὐτῆσ. καὶ ἀφεῖλε τὴν κεφαλὴν Σαβεὲ υἱοῦ Βοχορί. καὶ ἀφεῖλε καὶ ἔβαλε πρὸσ Ἰωάβ. καὶ ἐσάλπισεν ἐν κερατίνῃ, καὶ διεσπάρησαν ἀπὸ τῆσ πόλεωσ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ ἀνὴρ εἰσ τὰ σκηνώματα αὐτοῦ. καὶ Ἰωὰβ ἀπέστρεψεν εἰσ Ἱερουσαλὴμ πρὸσ τὸν βασιλέα. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 20:22)

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