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Strong's #5386 - φιλόσοφος
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- a philosopher, one given to the pursuit of wisdom or learning
- in a narrower sense, one who investigates and discusses the cause of things and the highest good
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φῐλόσοφος, ὁ,
lover of wisdom; Pythagoras called himself φιλόσοφος, not σοφός, Cic Tusc. 5.3.9, D.L. Prooem. 12; τὸν φ. σοφίας φήσομεν ἐπιθυμητὴν εἶναι πάσης Pl. R. 475b, cf. Isoc. 15.271; ὁ ὡς ἀληθῶς φ. Pl. Phd. 64e sq.; φ. φύσει, τὴν φύσιν, Id. R. 376c; φ. τῇ ψυχῇ, opp. φιλόπονος τῷ σώματι, Isoc. 1.40: used of all men of education and learning, joined with φιλομαθής and φιλόλογος, Pl. R. 376c, 582e; opp. σοφιστής, X. Cyn. 13.6, 9; later, academician, of the members of the Museum at Alexandria, OGI 712 (ii A. D.), etc.
2. philosopher, i. e. one who speculates on truth and reality, οἱ ἀληθινοὶ φ., defined as οἱ τῆς ἀληθείας φιλοθεάμονες, Pl. R. 475e; ὁ φιλόσοφος, of Aristotle, Plu. 2.115b; ὁ σκηνικὸς φ., of Euripides, Ath. 13.561a; as the butt of Com., Philem. 71.1, Bato 5.11, Anaxipp. 4, Phoenicid. 4.16.
II as Adj., loving knowledge, philosophic, ἄνδρες Heraclit. 35; ἀνήρ Pl. Phd. 64d; τὸ φ. γένος Id. R. 501e; φ. φύσις ib. 494a; ψυχή ib. 486b; διάνοια ib. 527b; πειθώ Phld. Rh. 1.269 S.; σύνεσις ib.p.211S. (Comp.); οἱ φιλοσοφώτατοι Pl. R. 498a, cf. IG 5(1).598 (Sparta).
2. of arguments, sciences, etc., scientific, philosophic, λόγοι Pl. Phdr. 257b; λόγοι -ώτεροι, of instructive speeches, Isoc. 12.271; -ώτερον ποίησις ἱστορίας Arist. Po. 1451b5; τὸ φ., opp. τὸ θυμοειδές, as an element of the soul, Pl. R. 411e, but = φιλοσοφία, Plu. 2.355b.
3. ingenious, Ar. Ec. 571 (hex.).
III Adv. -φως, διακεῖσθαι πρός τι Isoc. 15.277; φ. ἔχειν περί τινος Pl. Phd. 91a, cf. Cic. Att. 13.20.4, etc.; opp. ῥητορικῶς, Phld. Rh. 2.134S.; Comp. -ωτέρως Arist. Sens. 436a20; -ώτερον Cic. Att. 7.8.3. [ Ar. l. c. has the penult. long, nowhere else found in poetry.]
φιλόσοφος, φιλοσοφου, ὁ (φίλος and σοφός), a philosopher, one given to the pursuit of wisdom or learning (Xenophon, Plato, others); in a narrower sense, one who investigates and discusses the causes of things and the highest good: Acts 17:18. (See references under the preceding word.)
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φιλό -σοφος , -ου , ὁ ,
[in LXX: Da LXX Daniel 1:20 (H825), 4 Maccabees 1:1; 4 Maccabees 5:35; 4 Maccabees 7:7 *;]
a philosopher: Acts 17:18.†
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χάρισμα, which in Pauline usage ";includes all spiritual graces and endowments"; (Lightfoot Notes, p. 148f.), is used of ";gifts"; generally in EGU IV. 1044.5 (iv/A.D.) οἴδατε τὰ χαρίσματα ὧν ποιηκὼς ἡμῖν (l. ἃ πεποίηκα ὑμῖν).
The other exx. which Preisigke (Wört.) cites for the word are late, e.g. the Will of Abraham of Hermonthis, P Lond 77.24 (end vi/A.D.) (= Chrest, II. p. 371), in which he describes hispropertyasacquired ἀπὸ ἀγορασίας καὶ χαρίσματος.
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