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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 4908. συνετός (sunetos) -- Understanding, intelligent, wise</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/4908.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/1_peter/5-10.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/4908.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 4908</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/4907.htm" title="4907">◄</a> 4908. sunetos <a href="../greek/4909.htm" title="4909">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">sunetos: Understanding, intelligent, wise</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">συνετός</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Adjective<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>sunetos<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>soo-neh-TOS<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(soon-et'-os)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Understanding, intelligent, wise<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>intelligent, prudent, wise, understanding, discerning.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Greek verb συνίημι (suniēmi), meaning "to understand" or "to comprehend."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent often associated with "sunetos" is בִּין (bin), Strong's Hebrew 995, which means to understand or discern.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Greek adjective "sunetos" refers to someone who possesses understanding, intelligence, or wisdom. It is often used in the context of spiritual or moral insight, emphasizing the ability to discern and comprehend deeper truths. In the New Testament, "sunetos" is associated with the wisdom that comes from God, contrasting with worldly wisdom.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, wisdom and understanding were highly valued traits, often associated with philosophers and teachers. However, the New Testament redefines true wisdom as a gift from God, accessible through faith and the Holy Spirit. This divine wisdom is not merely intellectual but is deeply connected to living a righteous and godly life.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 4908</b> <i>synetós</i> (an adjective, derived from <a href="/greek/4920.htm">4920</a> <i>/syníēmi</i>, "to understand by synthesizing") – properly, "personal" understanding that results from <i>correlating</i> facts (concepts), i.e. as understanding works in keeping with <i>one's own perspective</i>. </p><p class="discovery">"<i>Personal</i> comprehension" (<a href="/greek/4908.htm">4908</a> <i>/synetós</i>) however is only sound when it follows God's word. <a href="/greek/4908.htm">4908</a> <i>/synetós</i> ("understanding") <i>apart</i> from faith ("God's inbirthed <i>persuasions</i>") simply expresses the limitations (biases) of the thinker – which is the usual (negative) connotation of this term in the NT. See: Mt 11:25; Lk 10:21; 1 Cor 1:19. <a href="/greek/4920.htm">See 4920</a> (<i>syníēmi</i>). </p><p class="discovery">[The other occasion of <a href="/greek/4908.htm">4908</a> (<i>synetós</i>) in the NT, Ac 13:7, is more neutral. But even here it doesn't reflect the prudence (intelligence) that comes directly from the Holy Spirit.]</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/4920.htm">suniémi</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>intelligent<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>clever (1), intelligence (1), intelligent (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4908: συνετός</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">συνετός</span></span>, <span class="greek2">συνετή</span>, <span class="greek2">συνετόν</span> (<span class="greek2">συνίημι</span>), from <span class="abbreviation">Pindar</span> down, the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> for <span class="hebrew">חָכָם</span>, <span class="hebrew">נָבון</span>, etc., <span class="accented">intelligent, having understanding, wise, learned</span>: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/11-25.htm">Matthew 11:25</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/10-21.htm">Luke 10:21</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/13-7.htm">Acts 13:7</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/1-19.htm">1 Corinthians 1:19</a> (from <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/29-14.htm">Isaiah 29:14</a>). (Synonym: see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">σοφός</span></span>, at the end.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>prudent. <p>From <a href="/greek/4920.htm">suniemi</a>; mentally put (or putting) together, i.e. Sagacious -- prudent. Compare <a href="/greek/5429.htm">phronimos</a>. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4920.htm">suniemi</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/5429.htm">phronimos</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>συνετά συνετή συνετοί συνετοίς συνετόν συνετός συνετού συνετούς συνετω συνετώ συνετῷ συνετων συνετών συνετῶν συνετώς συνετώτερός suneto sunetō suneton sunetōn syneto synetō synetôi synetō̂i syneton synetôn synetōn synetō̂n<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/11-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 11:25</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural">Adj-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">σοφῶν καὶ <b>συνετῶν</b> καὶ ἀπεκάλυψας</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> from [the] wise <span class="itali">and intelligent</span> and have revealed<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">prudent,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/11-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> wise and <span class="itali">learned</span> and did reveal<p><b><a href="/text/luke/10-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 10:21</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural">Adj-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">σοφῶν καὶ <b>συνετῶν</b> καὶ ἀπεκάλυψας</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> from [the] wise <span class="itali">and intelligent</span> and have revealed<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">prudent,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/10-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> wise and <span class="itali">intelligent</span> and did reveal<p><b><a href="/text/acts/13-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 13:7</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular">Adj-DMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Παύλῳ ἀνδρὶ <b>συνετῷ</b> οὗτος προσκαλεσάμενος</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> a man <span class="itali">of intelligence.</span> This man<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Sergius Paulus, <span class="itali">a prudent</span> man; who<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/13-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Paulus man <span class="itali">an intelligent</span> He having called to [him]<p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/1-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 1:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural">Adj-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">σύνεσιν τῶν <b>συνετῶν</b> ἀθετήσω </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> AND THE CLEVERNESS <span class="itali">OF THE CLEVER</span> I WILL SET ASIDE.<br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the understanding <span class="itali">of the prudent.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/1-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> intelligence of the <span class="itali">intelligent ones</span> I will frustrate<p><b><a href="/greek/4908.htm">Strong's Greek 4908</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4908.htm">4 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/suneto__4908.htm">συνετῷ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/suneto_n_4908.htm">συνετῶν — 3 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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