Quick Definition
a philosopher
Strong's Definition
fond of wise things, i.e. a "philosopher"
Derivation: from G5384 (φίλος) and G4680 (σοφός);
KJV Usage: philosopher
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φιλόσοφος, 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: Act_17:18. (See references under the preceding word.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φιλόσοφος philosophos 1x
pr. a lover of science, a systematic philosopher, Act_17:18
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
φιλό -σοφος , -ου , ὁ ,
[in LXX : Da LXX Dan_1:20 ( H825 ), 4Ma_1:1 ; 4Ma_5:35 ; 4Ma_7:7 * ;]
a philosopher: Act_17:18 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φιλόσοφος [page 671]
For this word in the wide sense of a lover of wisdom, cf. P Oxy I. 33 ii. 10 cited s.v. φιλάγαθος , and the inscr. BCH xxii. (1898). p. 496, in which a woman is described as ἡ φίλανδρος καὶ σ [ώ ]φρων ἡ φιλόσοφος ζήσασα κοσμίως , loving her husband and sober-minded, a lover of wisdom, she lived modestly. The more technical sense may be illustrated by P RylII.143 .3 (A.D. 38) Διδύμῳ . . . τῶν ἐν τῷ Μουσείωι σειτοὗ μένων φιλοσόφων ἀτελῶν στρατηγῶι , to Didymus. . .one of the philosophers maintained in the Museum immune from charges, strategus, and by the inscr. OGIS 714 .5 with the editor s note. See also the private letter P Hamb I. 37 .3ff. (ii/A.D.) in which the writer addresses his friend ἀναγκαῖον γάρ ἐστι μνημίσκεσθαι ( l. μιμνήσκεσθαι ) . . τοῦ ἤθους σου τοῦ ἀληθινοῦ <<ς >> φιλο̣σόφου . Σὺ γὰρ ἀληθινὸς φιλόσοφος καὶ εὐσχήμων γεγένῃ [σαι ] . . . καὶ ὑ [πὸ σοῦ βέλτιο ]ν παιδευόμεθα ἢ ύ [πὸ συμπάντων ]τ̣ῶν φιλοσόφων .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
φιλόσοφος φι^λό-σοφος, ὁ, "a lover of wisdom", first used by Pythagoras, who called himself φιλόσοφος "a lover of wisdom", not σοφός, "a sage", Cic. : then in a wide sense of "scientific men, learned men", Plat. , etc. "a philosopher", i. e. "one who speculates on the nature of things and truth", Ar. , etc.; defined as ὁ τῆς ἀληθείας φιλοθεάμων, Plat. as adj. "loving knowledge, philosophic", id=Plat. : of arguments, etc., "scientific, philosophic", id=Plat. ; τὸ φιλόσοφον ῀ φιλοσοφία, id=Plat. adv., φιλοσόφως διακεῖσθαι Isocr. ; φ. ἔχειν Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
φιλό-σοφος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX: Dan LXX 1:20 (אַשָּׁף), 4Ma.1:1 4Mac 5:35 4Mac 7:7 * ;]
a philosopher: Act.17:18.†
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