Strong's Concordance philosophos: a philosopher Original Word: φιλόσοφος, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: philosophos Phonetic Spelling: (fil-os'-of-os) Short Definition: a philosopher Definition: a philosopher. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 5386 philósophos – literally, "a lover (friend) of wisdom" (used only in Ac 17:18). 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.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance philosopher. From philos and sophos; fond of wise things, i.e. A "philosopher" -- philosopher. see GREEK philos see GREEK sophos Forms and Transliterations φιλοσοφων φιλοσόφων philosophon philosophōn philosóphon philosóphōnLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 53861 Occurrence φιλοσόφων — 1 Occ. Acts 17:18 N-GMP GRK: καὶ Στοϊκῶν φιλοσόφων συνέβαλλον αὐτῷ NAS: and Stoic philosophers were conversing KJV: certain philosophers of the Epicureans, INT: and Stoics philosophers encountered him |