Strong’s G5386 · Greek
φιλόσοφος
philósophos · fil-os'-of-os
Origin from φίλος (G5384) and σοφός (G4680);
Meaning fond of wise things, i.e. a "philosopher"
In the King James Version philosopher.
In 1 verse of the King James Version
- Acts 17:18Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.