συνετός
synetós · G4908 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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intelligent, insightful, understanding
Pertaining to being able to understand and evaluate
ExamplesMatthew 11:25 At that time Jesus said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to infants.
Luke 10:21 At that very time He rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for doing so was well pleasing in Your sight.
Acts 13:7 who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀπόfrom 4
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- σύνεσιςunderstanding, insight 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἐπιστήμων epistḗmōn · G1990 · intelligent, insightful, understanding
- συνετός and ἐπιστήμων both denote intellectual capacity, being intelligent or perceptive. They are near-synonymous adjectives describing sagacious, discerning understanding.
In the other Testament 1 word
- חָכָם châkâm · H2450 · wise, intelligent, able
- Greek συνετός emphasizes the mental act of putting concepts together (analytical comprehension), while Hebrew חָכָם denotes practical wisdom and skill (including cunning); both share the core semantic domain of sagacity and understanding.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Intelligent, insightful, understanding32.27
- Paul writes, quoting Isaiah, “I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE, AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE WHO HAVE UNDERSTANDING, I WILL CONFOUND” (1 Corinthians 1:19).
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon συνετή, συνετόν (συνίημι), from Pindar down, the Sept. for חָכָם, נָבון, etc.,…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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