Original Word: συνετός, ή, όν
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: sunetos
Phonetic Spelling: (soon-et'-os)
Short Definition: intelligent, prudent, wise
Definition: intelligent, prudent, wise, understanding, discerning.

Cognate: 4908 synetós (an adjective, derived from 4920 /syníēmi, "to understand by synthesizing") – properly, "personal" understanding that results from correlating facts (concepts), i.e. as understanding works in keeping with one's own perspective.

"Personal comprehension" (4908 /synetós) however is only sound when it follows God's word. 4908 /synetós ("understanding") apart from faith ("God's inbirthed persuasions") 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. See 4920 (syníēmi).

[The other occasion of 4908 (synetós) 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.]

STRONGS NT 4908: συνετός

συνετός, συνετή, συνετόν (συνίημι), from Pindar down, the Sept. for חָכָם, נָבון, etc., intelligent, having understanding, wise, learned: Matthew 11:25; Luke 10:21; Acts 13:7; 1 Corinthians 1:19 (from Isaiah 29:14). (Synonym: see σοφός, at the end.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

prudent.

From suniemi; mentally put (or putting) together, i.e. Sagacious -- prudent. Compare phronimos.

see GREEK suniemi

see GREEK phronimos

Forms and Transliterations

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

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