Wisdom: 6 definitions

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Introduction:

Wisdom means something in Buddhism, Pali, Christianity, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. On this page you will also find search and cross-referencing tools.

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In Christianity

General definition (in Christianity)

Source: archive.org: Nave's Topical Bible

Wisdom definition and references: –Of Joseph Genesis 41:16,25-39; Acts 7:10
–Of Moses Acts 7:22
–Of Bezaleel Exodus 31:3-5; 35:31-35; 36:1
–Of Aholiab Exodus 31:6; 35:34,35; 36:1
–Of other skilled artisans Exodus 36:2
–Of women Exodus 35:26
–Of Hiram 1 Kings 7:14; 2 Chronicles 2:14
–Of Solomon 1 Kings 3:12,16-28; 4:29-34; 5:12; 10:24
–Of Ethan, Heman, Chalcol, and Darda 1 Kings 4:31
–Of the princes of the tribe of Issachar 1 Chronicles 12:32
–Of Ezra Ezra 7:25
–Of Daniel Daniel 1:17; 5:14
–Of Paul 2 Peter 3:15
–Of the Magi (wise men from the east) Matthew 2:1-12
–Spiritual
–Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Deuteronomy 32:29; Job 5:27; 8:8,10; 12:2,3,7-13,16,17,22; 28:12-28; 32:9; 42:5; Psalms 2:10; 9:10; 76:1; 107:43; 111:10; Proverbs 1:5,7,21-33; 2:1-20; 3:13-26,34,35; 4:4-13,18-22; 5:12; 7:2-4; 8:1-36; 9:1-6,9-12; 10:8,13,14,21,23; 11:9,12; 12:1,8,15; 13:14-16; 14:6-8,16,18,33; 15:2,7,33; 16:16,20-24; 17:10,24; 18:15; 19:8,20; 21:11; 22:17-21; 23:12,19,23; 24:13,14; 28:5,7; 29:3; Ecclesiastes 8:1,5; 9:13-18; 10:12; 12:11; Isaiah 2:3; 11:9; 29:24; 33:6; Jeremiah 9:23,24; 31:34; Daniel 11:32,33; 12:3,4,10; Hosea 6:3,6; 14:9; Matthew 6:22,23; 7:24,25; 11:19; 25:1-13; Mark 12:32-34; Luke 1:17; 7:35; 11:34-36; John 7:17; 8:32; 10:4,14; 17:3,8,25; Acts 6:10; Romans 15:14; 16:19; 1 Corinthians 2:6-16; 3:18; 8:3; 13:11; 14:20; 2 Corinthians 2:11; 8:7; Galatians 4:9; Ephesians 4:11-13; 5:15-17; Philippians 3:7-10; Colossians 3:10,16; 1 Thessalonians 5:4,5; Timothy 2:4; 2imothy 3:15; James 3:13; 1 John 4:6
–See Knowledge
–See Speaking, Wisdom In
–Spiritual, From God Exodus 4:11,12; 8:9,10; Deuteronomy 4:5,6,35,36; 29:4; 1 Chronicles 22:12; Nehemiah 9:20; Job 4:3; 11:5,6; 22:21,22; 32:7,8; 33:16; 35:10,11; 36:22; 38:36,37; Psalms 16:7; 19:1,2; 25:8,9,12,14; 32:8; 36:9; 51:6; 71:17; 94:12; 112:4; 119:130; Proverbs 1:23; 2:6,7; 3:5,6; Ecclesiastes 2:26; Isaiah 11:1-3; 30:21; 42:6,7,16; 48:17; 54:13; Jeremiah 24:7; Daniel 1:17; 2:20-23; Matthew 11:25-27; 13:11; 16:16,17; Luke 1:76-79; 12:11,12; 21:15; 24:32,45; John 1:1,4,5,7-9,17; 6:45; 8:12,31,32; 9:5,39; 12:46; 14:7; 16:13,14; 17:6,26; 18:37; Romans 1:19,20; 1 Corinthians 1:30; 2:9-14; 12:8; 2 Corinthians 4:6; Philippians 3:15; Colossians 1:26-28; 2imothy 1:7; James 3:17; 2 Peter 1:2-5,8,12; 3:18; 1 John 2:20,27; 5:20
–See God, Wisdom Of
–Prayer For Spiritual Numbers 27:21; Judges 20:18; 1 Kings 3:7,9; 8:36; 2 Chronicles 1:10; Job 34:32; Psalms 5:8; 25:4,5; 27:11; 31:3; 39:4; 43:3; 86:11; 90:12; 119:12,18,19,26,27,33,34,66,68,73,80,124,125,135,144,169, 171; 139:24; Ephesians 1:16-19; 3:14-19; 6:18-20; Philippians 1:9,10; Colossians 1:9,10; 2:1-3; 4:2-4; 2imothy 2:7; James 1:5
–See Desire, Spiritual
–Worldly Genesis 3:6,7; Job 4:18-21; 5:13; 11:2,12; 37:24; Proverbs 3:7; 15:21,22; 16:25; 17:2,10; 18:1; 20:18; 21:20,22,30; 24:3-7; 28:11; Ecclesiastes 1:18; 2:1-26; 7:11-13,16-25; 8:1,16,17; 10:2,3,10; Isaiah 5:21; 28:24-29; 29:14-16; 47:10,11; Jeremiah 8:7-9; 9:23,24; 49:7; Matthew 6:23; 7:24-27; 11:25; Luke 10:21; 16:8; Romans 1:21-23; 1 Corinthians 1:17-26; 2:1-14; 3:18-20; 8:1,2; 2 Corinthians 1:12; Colossians 2:8; Timothy 6:20,21
–See Knowledge

Source: archive.org: Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Wisdom refers to:—The great literary landmarks of the ‘wisdom’ teaching are the Books of Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Sirach, and the Wisdom of Solomon. This literature, in its present form at least, belongs to the latter half of the Persian period and to the Greek period of Jewish history. But behind this latest and finest product of the Hebrew mind there lay a long process of germination. In the pre-exilic history there are traces of the presence of the ‘wisdom’ element from early times. This primitive ‘wisdom’ was not regarded as an exclusively Israelitish possession, but was shared with other nations ( 1 Kings 4:30-31 , Genesis 41:8 , Judges 5:29 , Jeremiah 10:7 , Ezekiel 27:8 ). In Israel it was confined neither to rank ( 1 Kings 10:28 , Deuteronomy 16:19 , Job 32:9 ) nor to sex ( 2 Samuel 14:1 ff; 2 Samuel 20:22 ); but it was particularly characteristic of ‘the elders’ ( Deuteronomy 1:16 , Job 12:12; Job 32:7 ), and in course of time seems to have given rise to a special class of teachers known as ‘ the Wise’ ( Jeremiah 18:18 ).

Early ‘Wisdom’ was varied in character and of as wide a scope as the range of human activities. It thus included the most heterogeneous elements: e.g .

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