the Fifth Week after Easter
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!
Bible Dictionaries
Wise, Wiser, Wisely
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or is used of (a) God, Romans 16:27; in 1 Timothy 1;17; Jude 1:25 sophos is absent, in the best mss. (see the RV), the comparative degree, sophoteros, occurs in 1 Corinthians 1:25 , where "foolishness" is simply in the human estimate; (b) spiritual teachers in Israel, Matthew 23:34; (c) believers endowed with spiritual and practical wisdom, Romans 16:19; 1 Corinthians 3:10; 6:5; Ephesians 5:15; James 3:13; (d) Jewish teachers in the time of Christ, Matthew 11:25; Luke 10:21; (e) the naturally learned, Romans 1:14,22; 1 Corinthians 1:19,20,26,27 : 3:18-20 .
"prudent, sensible, practically wise," Matthew 7:24; 10:16; 24:45; 25:2,4,8,9; Luke 12:42; 16:8 (comparative degree, phronimoteros); 1 Corinthians 10:15; in an evil sense, "wise (in your own conceits)," lit., "wise (in yourselves)," i.e., "judged by the standard of your self-complacency," Romans 11:25; 12:16; ironically, 1 Corinthians 4:10; 2 Corinthians 11:19 .
denotes "a Magian," one of a sacred caste, originally Median, who apparently conformed to the Persian religion while retaining their old beliefs; it is used in the plural, Matthew 2:1,7,16 (twice), "wise men." See also SORCERER.
is rendered "to make wise" in 2 Timothy 3:15 see DEVISED.
"to perceive, understand," is used negatively in 2 Corinthians 10:12 , AV, "are not wise" (RV, "are without understanding"). See UNDERSTAND.
"wisely" (akin to A, No. 2), occurs in Luke 16:8 .
These files are public domain.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Wise, Wiser, Wisely'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/w/wise-wiser-wisely.html. 1940.
