Strong G4908συνετός
intelligent
- Transliteration
- sunetos
- Pronunciation
- soon-et'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
συνετός, ή, -όν
(συνίημι), [in LXX for בִּין, חָכָם, etc.;]
intelligent, sagacious, understanding: Mat.11:25, Luk.10:21, Act.13:7, 1Co.1:19" (LXX).†
(AS)
(συνίημι), [in LXX for בִּין, חָכָם, etc.;]
intelligent, sagacious, understanding: Mat.11:25, Luk.10:21, Act.13:7, 1Co.1:19" (LXX).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4908 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- prudent4
First verses
- Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
- Luke 10:21In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
- Acts 13:7Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
- 1 Corinthians 1:19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
συνετός, ή, όν,
(συνίημι) intelligent, sagacious, wise, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 98, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.107, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.185 (_comparative_), etc.)]; φωνάεντα συνετοῖσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.85)]; of Zeus and Apollo, ξυνετοὶ καὶ τὰ βροτῶν εἰδότες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 498 (Lyric poetry); ξ. φρένες 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 876 (Lyric poetry))]; of animals, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 589a1 (_comparative_))]; σ. ἡλικίη the age of wisdom, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (Anthologia Graeca 5.111 (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus), etc.)]; ἡ συνετή alone,[Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. work] 11.25 (1st c.AD: Apollonides Epigrammaticus))]; also τὸ σ., ={σύνεσις}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1180, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.15)]; τὸ πρὸς ἅπαν ξ. [Refs ([prev. author] 3.82)]: with genitive of things, intelligent in a thing, ξ. πολέμου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1406 (_anapaest meter_): with _accusative_, τά τ᾽ οἰκτρὰ σ. εἰμι καὶ τὰ μή [prev. author] “IA” 1255; τὰ ἀχρεῖα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.84; τὰ πολιτικά 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.45.)]
II passive, intelligible, εὔμαρες σύνετον πόησαι πάντι τοῦτ᾽ [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 5.5; οὐ ξ. θνητοῖς πείρατα 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1078; φρονέοντι συνετὰ γαρύω 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.85)]; συνετὰ αὐδᾶν, λέγειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.57, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 498, etc.; especially in oxymora, ἀναβοήσεται οὐ συνετὰ συνετῶς [prev. author] “IA” 466; δυσξυνέτου ξυνετὸν μέλος [prev. author] “Ph.” 1506 (Lyric poetry): _active_ and _passive_ senses conjoined, εὐξύνετον ξυνετοῖς βοάν [prev. author] “IT” 1092 (Lyric poetry))]; φωνὴ σ. significant, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1456b23.)]
III adverb -τῶς intelligently, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 466, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 633 (Lyric poetry).)]
III.2 intelligibly, διαλέγεσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 902a17)]; φθεγξαμένου.. οὐδὲν σ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 27)]; συνετὰ ὁμιλεῖν to discourse intelligibly, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor “Prooem.” 11.)]
(συνίημι) intelligent, sagacious, wise, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 98, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.107, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.185 (_comparative_), etc.)]; φωνάεντα συνετοῖσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.85)]; of Zeus and Apollo, ξυνετοὶ καὶ τὰ βροτῶν εἰδότες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 498 (Lyric poetry); ξ. φρένες 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 876 (Lyric poetry))]; of animals, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 589a1 (_comparative_))]; σ. ἡλικίη the age of wisdom, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (Anthologia Graeca 5.111 (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus), etc.)]; ἡ συνετή alone,[Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. work] 11.25 (1st c.AD: Apollonides Epigrammaticus))]; also τὸ σ., ={σύνεσις}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1180, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.15)]; τὸ πρὸς ἅπαν ξ. [Refs ([prev. author] 3.82)]: with genitive of things, intelligent in a thing, ξ. πολέμου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1406 (_anapaest meter_): with _accusative_, τά τ᾽ οἰκτρὰ σ. εἰμι καὶ τὰ μή [prev. author] “IA” 1255; τὰ ἀχρεῖα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.84; τὰ πολιτικά 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.45.)]
II passive, intelligible, εὔμαρες σύνετον πόησαι πάντι τοῦτ᾽ [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 5.5; οὐ ξ. θνητοῖς πείρατα 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1078; φρονέοντι συνετὰ γαρύω 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.85)]; συνετὰ αὐδᾶν, λέγειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.57, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 498, etc.; especially in oxymora, ἀναβοήσεται οὐ συνετὰ συνετῶς [prev. author] “IA” 466; δυσξυνέτου ξυνετὸν μέλος [prev. author] “Ph.” 1506 (Lyric poetry): _active_ and _passive_ senses conjoined, εὐξύνετον ξυνετοῖς βοάν [prev. author] “IT” 1092 (Lyric poetry))]; φωνὴ σ. significant, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1456b23.)]
III adverb -τῶς intelligently, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 466, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 633 (Lyric poetry).)]
III.2 intelligibly, διαλέγεσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 902a17)]; φθεγξαμένου.. οὐδὲν σ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 27)]; συνετὰ ὁμιλεῖν to discourse intelligibly, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor “Prooem.” 11.)]