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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 ἐκάλεσε Μωυσῆσ Βεσελεὴλ καὶ Ἐλιὰβ καὶ πάντασ τοὺσ ἔχοντασ τὴν σοφίαν, ᾧ ἔδωκεν ὁ Θεὸσ ἐπιστήμην ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ, καὶ πάντασ τοὺσ ἑκουσίωσ βουλομένουσ προσπορεύεσθαι πρὸσ τὰ ἔργα, ὥστε συντελεῖν αὐτά, (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 36:2)
  • καὶ ποιήσεισ κατὰ τὴν σοφίαν σου καὶ οὐ κατάξεισ τὴν πολιὰν αὐτοῦ ἐν εἰρήνῃ εἰσ ᾅδου. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 2:6)
  • Καὶ ἔδωκε Κύριοσ φρόνησιν τῷ Σαλωμὼν καὶ σοφίαν πολλὴν σφόδρα καὶ χύμα καρδίασ ὡσ ἡ ἄμμοσ ἡ παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 5:5)
  • καὶ Κύριοσ ἔδωκε σοφίαν τῷ Σαλωμών, καθὼσ ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ. καὶ ἦν εἰρήνη ἀνὰ μέσον Χιρὰμ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον Σαλωμών, καὶ διέθεντο διαθήκην ἀνὰ μέσον αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 5:24)
  • ἀλλ̓ ἢ δῴη σοι σοφίαν καὶ σύνεσιν Κύριοσ καὶ κατισχύσαι σε ἐπὶ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ τοῦ φυλάσσεσθαι καὶ τοῦ ποιεῖν τὸν νόμον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 22:12)

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