Lexical Summary philosophos: a philosopher Original Word: φιλόσοφοςTransliteration: philosophos Phonetic Spelling: (fil-os'-of-os) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a philosopher Meaning: a philosopher Strong's Concordance philosopher. From philos and sophos; fond of wise things, i.e. A "philosopher" -- philosopher. see GREEK philos see GREEK sophos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5386: φιλόσοφοςφιλόσοφος, 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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