a person that is involved in the school of thought of sophism
crafty old sophister
a crafty old sophister
The crafty old sophister refers to the school master of De Quincey's village who was skilled in the art of syllogistic reasoning and could defeat opponents through cunning arguments.
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 4 words with the pattern ---HIS-E-. That is, nine letter words with 4th letter H and 5th letter I and 6th letter S and 8th letter E. In alphabetical order, they are: hashishes sophister tachismes tachistes
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 3 words with the pattern -OPH-S---. That is, nine letter words with 2nd letter O and 3rd letter P and 4th letter H and 6th letter S. In alphabetical order, they are: sophister sophistic sophistry
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 18 words with the pattern S-P--S---. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter S and 3rd letter P and 6th letter S. In alphabetical order, they are: sophister sophistic sophistry supersafe supersale supersalt supersaur supersede supersell supershow supersize supersoft supersold superstar superstud supposals supposers supposing
Greek Strong's Number: 4678Greek Word: σοφίαTransliteration: sophiaPhonetic Pronunciation:sof-ee'-ahRoot: from Cross Reference: TDNT - 7:465,1056Part of Speech: n fVine's Words: WisdomUsage Notes:English Words used in KJV:wisdom 51[Total Count: 51]from (sophos); wisdom (higher or lower, worldly or spiritual) :- wisdom.-Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew DictionaryRoot wordGreek Strong's Number: 4680Greek Word: σοφόςTransliteration: sophosPhonetic Pronunciation:sof-os'Root: akin to saphes (clear)Cross Reference: TDNT - 7:465,1056Part of Speech: adjVine's Words: Wise, Wiser, WiselyUsage Notes:English Words used in KJV:wise 22[Total Count: 22]akin to saphes (clear); wise (in a most general application) :- wise. Compare (phronimos).-Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew DictionaryGreek Strong's Number: 5429Greek Word: φρόνιμοςTransliteration: phronimosPhonetic Pronunciation:fron'-ee-mosRoot: from Cross Reference: TDNT - 9:220,1277Part of Speech: adjVine's Words: Wise, Wiser, WiselyRootUsage Notes:English Words used in KJV:wise 14[Total Count: 14]from (phren); thoughtful, i.e. sagacious or discreet (implying a cautiouscharacter; while (sophos) denotes practicalskill or acumen; and (sunetos) indicates rather intelligence or mental acquirement); in a bad sense conceited (also in the comparative) :- wise (-r).-Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew DictionaryGreek Strong's Number: 5424Greek Word: φρήνTransliteration: phrēnPhonetic Pronunciation:franeRoot: probably from an obsolete phrao (to rein in or curb, cf )Cross Reference: TDNT - 9:220,1277Part of Speech: n fVine's Words: HumbleRootUsage Notes:English Words used in KJV:understanding 2[Total Count: 2]probably from an obsolete phrao (to rein in or curb; compare (phrasso)); the midrif(as a partition of the body), i.e. (figurative and by implication of sympathy) the feelings (or sensitive nature; by extension [also in the plural] the mind or cognitive faculties) :- understanding.-Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew DictionaryWarning about the direct translation to English:Be very Careful with the Greek word Sophos as meaning only wisdom as this is not exactly as easy as all the previous posts have listed. Its a two edged sword and it can't be assumed to be a one to one agreement with the English word wisdom.Websters college dictionary (4th edition) defines sophos as (clever skilful wise) and it further defines Sophism as the practice of clever and plausible but fallacious argument or form or reason (the dialectic method). This was the type of reason used by those philos-sophos (philosophy or philosophers) such as Zeno (Stoic - or Porch) and Epicurus (Epicureans or Attic) sophists. Its the practice of the doctrine of being wise via the dialectic method (clever of wise argument).The Greek word you are most likely looking for is idris which is translated knowing, and not sophos which is translated (clever skillful wise).