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A:Sophia (Sofia) is the Greek word for wisdom. This is indeed used as a personal name in The Bible, although usually rendered in English as 'Wisdom'.

Wisdom, or 'Lady Wisdom' was a spirit/goddess revered by the Jews in the post-Exilic period and up to the end of the first century CE. Much of the Book of Proverbs is about Wisdom, or Sophia. Proverbs 8:22-36 tells us that Wisdom stood at God's side and participated in the creation of the world, and is God's intermediary with humans. She is also mentioned in the apocrypha and the gospels.

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