G4908: συνετός (synetós)

G4908 συνετός (synetós)

Greek

Quick Definition

συνετός, ή, όν Adj intelligent, prudent, wise

Strong's Definition

from 4920; mentally put (or putting) together, i.e. sagacious

KJV Usage: prudent. Compare 5429

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

συνετός (G4908)

adjc. | -ή, -όν | ἵημι (send, set in motion)

32.27 · Understand · Capacity for Understanding

intelligent, insightful, understanding pertaining to being able to understand and evaluate

MAT 11:25 · LUK 10:21 · ACT 13:7 · 1CO 1:19

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

συνετός, -7, -dv, (συνίημι), fr. Pind. down, Sept. for D3, 1133, ete., intelligent, having understanding, wise, learned: Mt. xi. 25; Lk. x. 21; Acts xiii. 7; 1 Co. i. 19 (fr. Is. xxix. 14). [Sywn. see σοφός, fin.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

συνετός synetos 4x

intelligent, discerning, wise, prudent, Mt. 11:25; Lk. 10:21; Acts 13:7; 1 Cor. 1:19*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

συνετός, ή, -όν

(< συνίημι), [in LXX for נָבוֺן, חָכָם, etc. ;]

intelligent, sagacious, understanding: Mt 11:25, Lk 10:21, Ac 13:7, I Co 1:19 (LXX).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

συνετός, while sometimes pass. in earlier writers, is always act. in the NT, ‘‘intelligent,” lit. ‘‘one who can put things together” (Mt 11°5 αὐ : Proleg. p. 222): cf. Kazbel 654% (ili/A.D.) τὴν συνετὸν ψυχὴν μακάρων eis ἀέρα δοῦσα, and Aristeas 148 παραδέδωκεν 6 νομοθέτης σημειοῦσθαι τοῖς συνετοῖς, ‘the lawgiver has taught the understanding to note” (Thackeray). See also s.v. ἀσύνετος,

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

συνετός (sunetos) — intelligent. συνετός, ή, όν, (συνίημι) intelligent, sagacious, wise, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φωνάεντα συνετοῖσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Zeus and Apollo, ξυνετοὶ καὶ τὰ βροτῶν εἰδότες [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of animals, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σ. ἡλικίη the age of wisdom, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἡ συνετή alone,[Refs 1st c.AD+]; also τὸ σ., ={σύνεσις}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ πρὸς ἅπαν ξ. [Refs]: with genitive of things, intelligent in a thing, ξ. πολέμου [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. passive, intelligible, εὔμαρες σύνετον πόησαι πάντι τοῦτ᾽ [Refs 7th c.BC+]; συνετὰ αὐδᾶν, λέγειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φωνὴ σ. significant, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III. adverb -τῶς intelligently, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.2. intelligibly, διαλέγεσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; φθεγξαμένου.. οὐδὲν σ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]; συνετὰ ὁμιλεῖν to discourse intelligibly, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]