Words the Bible translates as wise
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- sophiaσοφίαwisdom: deep insight into how things truly are, joined to the skill to act rightly on it
- sophosσοφόςwise: having real skill or sound judgment; a person who truly knows how to live or work well
- ḥakhamחָכָםwise: having the practical good sense and skill to live, work, and act well
- phronimosφρόνιμοςprudent: having the practical good sense to size up a situation and act wisely in it
- ḥakkimחַכִּיםwise: having the knowledge and skill to explain what other people cannot, used in Daniel almost always as the standing name for the trained specialists on the Babylonian king's staff
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