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Lexicon :: Strong's G4908 - synetos

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συνετός
Transliteration
synetos (Key)
Pronunciation
soon-et'-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:888,1119

Strong’s Definitions

συνετός synetós, soon-et'-os; from G4920; mentally put (or putting) together, i.e. sagacious:—prudent. Compare G5429.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G4908 in the following manner: prudent (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G4908 in the following manner: prudent (4x).
  1. intelligent, having understanding, wise, learned

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
συνετός synetós, soon-et'-os; from G4920; mentally put (or putting) together, i.e. sagacious:—prudent. Compare G5429.
STRONGS G4908:
συνετός, συνετή, συνετόν (συνίημι), from Pindar down, the Sept. for חָכָם, נָבון, etc., intelligent, having understanding, wise, learned: Matthew 11:25; Luke 10:21; Acts 13:7; 1 Corinthians 1:19 (from Isaiah 29:14). (Synonym: see σοφός, at the end.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
29:14
Matthew
11:25
Luke
10:21
Acts
13:7
1 Corinthians
1:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4908 matches the Greek συνετός (synetos),
which occurs 37 times in 36 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:33 - “So now let Pharaoh look for a man discerning and wise, and appoint him over the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:39 - So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has informed you of all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you are.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:6 - “And behold, I Myself have [fn]appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all who are [fn]skillful I have put [fn]skill, so that they may make everything that I have commanded you:
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:13 - ‘Obtain for yourselves men who are wise, discerning, and informed from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - “So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and informed men, and [fn]appointed them as heads over you, commanders of thousands, [fn]hundreds, [fn]fifties, and [fn]tens, and officers for your tribes.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:18 - Then one of the young men responded and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is a skillful musician, a valiant mighty man, a warrior, skillful in speech, and a handsome man; and the LORD is with him.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:9 -

So the captains of hundreds acted in accordance with everything that Jehoiada the priest commanded. And each one of them took his men who were to come in on the Sabbath, along with those who were to go out on the Sabbath, and they came to Jehoiada the priest.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:22 - Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was in charge of the singing; he gave instruction in singing because he was skillful.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:32 -

Also Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, a man of understanding, and a scribe; and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni [fn]tutored the king’s sons.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:10 -

“Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding.

Far be it from God to do evil,

And from the Almighty to do wrong.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:34 -

“Men of understanding will say to me,

And a wise man who hears me,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:7 -

For God is the King of all the earth;

Sing praises with a psalm of wisdom.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:8 -

A person will be praised according to his insight,

But one of perverse [fn]mind will be despised.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:23 -

A prudent person conceals knowledge,

But the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24 -

The path of life leads upward for the wise,

So that he may keep away from [fn]Sheol below.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:20 -

One who pays attention to the word will find good,

And blessed is one who trusts in the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:21 -

The wise in heart will be called understanding,

And sweetness of [fn]speech increases [fn]persuasiveness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:24 -

Wisdom is in the presence of one who has understanding,

But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:9 -

Do not speak [fn]to be heard by a fool,

For he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:7 -

He who keeps the Law is a discerning son,

But he who is a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:30 -

Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,

But a woman who [fn]fears the LORD, she shall be praised.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:11 -

I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the warriors, and neither is bread to the wise nor wealth to the discerning, nor favor to the skillful; for time and chance overtake them all.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:3 -

The captain of fifty and the esteemed person,

The counselor and the expert artisan,

And the skillful enchanter.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:21 -

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes

And [fn]clever in their own sight!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 -

The officials of [fn]Zoan are mere fools;

The advice of Pharaoh’s wisest advisers has become [fn]stupid.

How can you say to Pharaoh,

“I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:14 -

Therefore behold, I will once again deal marvelously with this people, wondrously marvelous;

And the wisdom of their wise men will perish,

And the understanding of their men who have understanding will be concealed.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:16 -

You turn things around!

Shall the potter be considered [fn]as equal with the clay,

That what is made would say to its maker, “He did not make me”;

Or what is formed say to him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:8 -

But the noble person devises noble plans;

And by noble plans he stands.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:22 -

“For My people are foolish,

They do not know Me;

They are foolish children

And have no understanding.

They are skillful at doing evil,

But they do not know how to do good.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:12 -

Who is the wise person who may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD has spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land destroyed, laid waste like the desert, so that no one passes through?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:18 -

Then they said, “Come and let’s devise plans against Jeremiah. Certainly the Law is not going to be lost by the priest, nor advice by the wise, nor the divine word by the prophet! Come, and let’s strike at him with our tongue, and let’s pay no attention to any of his words.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:7 -

Concerning Edom.

This is what the LORD of armies says:

“Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman?

Has good advice been lost by the prudent?

Has their wisdom decayed?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:9 -

“For behold, I am going to rouse and bring up against Babylon

A contingent of great nations from the land of the north,

And they will draw up their battle lines against her;

From there she will be taken captive.

Their arrows will be like [fn]an expert warrior

Who does not return empty-handed.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:35 -

“A sword against the Chaldeans,” declares the LORD,

“And against the inhabitants of Babylon

And against her leaders and her wise men!

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:33 - “And [fn]those who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many; yet they will fall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder for many days.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:9 -

Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;

Whoever is discerning, let him know them.

For the ways of the LORD are right,

And the righteous will walk in them,

But wrongdoers will stumble in them.

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