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Cor. 10:15; in an evil sense, “wise (in your own conceits),” lit., “wise (in yourselves),”
i.e., “judged by the standard of your self-complacency,” Rom. 11:25; 12:16; ironically, 1
Cor. 4:10; 2 Cor. 11:19.¶
B. Noun.
(
1
, 3097) denotes “a Magian,” one of a sacred caste, originally Median,
who apparently conformed to the Persian religion while retaining their old beliefs; it is
used in the plural, Matt. 2:1, 7, 16 (twice), “wise men.” See also
SORCERER
.
C. Verbs.
1.
(
&
, 4679) is rendered “to make wise” in 2 Tim. 3:15: see
DEVISED
.
2.
$
or
$
(
&
, 4920), “to perceive, understand,” is used negatively in 2
Cor. 10:12,
KJV
, “are not wise” (
RV
, “are without understanding”). See
UNDERSTAND
.
D. Adverb.
(
$
&
, 5430), “wisely” (akin to A, No. 2), occurs in Luke 16:8.¶
WISE (IN NO)
1.
$
, a double negative, expressing an emphatic negation, “by no means,” is
rendered “in no wise” in Matt. 10:42; Luke 18:17; John 6:37; Acts 13:41; Rev. 21:27.
2.
(
1
, 3843), “altogether, by all means,” is used with the negative
$
(“not”) in Rom. 3:9, stating a complete denial, rendered “No, in no wise.” See
ALL
, B, 3,
ALTOGETHER
, B, 1.
3.
(
)
, 3838), the neuter of
, is used with the negative ,
and with
, “unto the,” in Luke 13:11, and translated “in no wise,” lit., “not to the
uttermost”: see
UTTERMOST
, No. 1.
For WISE (ON THIS) see
THUS
WISH
1.
$
(
E
, 2172) is rendered “to wish” in Acts 27:29 (
RV
marg.,
“prayed”); so Rom. 9:3; in 2 Cor. 13:9 and 3 John 2,
RV
, “pray”: see
PRAY
.
2.
$
(
"
, 1014), in Mark 15:15,
RV
, is translated “wishing” (
KJV
,
“willing”); so 2 Pet. 3:9; in Acts 25:22,
RV
, “could wish” (
KJV
, “would). See
WILL
, C, No.
2.
3.
(
!
, 2309), in 1 Cor. 16:7,
RV
, is translated “wish” (
KJV
, “will”); Gal. 4:20,
“I could wish” (
KJV
, “I desire”). See
WILL
, C, No. 1.
WIST
(Perf. of
5
, 1492), “to know,” in the pluperfect tense (with imperfect
meaning) is rendered “wist” (the past tense of the verb “to wit”: cf. WOT) in Mark 9:6;
14:40; Luke 2:49; John 5:13; Acts 12:9; 23:5. See
KNOW
, No. 2.
WIT (TO)
A. Adverb.
(
.
, 5613), a relative adverb signifying “as,” or “how,” is used in 2 Cor. 5:19 to
introduce the statement “that God was … ,” and rendered “to wit,” lit., “how.”
B. Verb.