Origin of -sophy.

Sophia meaning in greek. Sophia Name Meaning Means wisdom in Greek. She is Wisdom Incarnate the Goddess of all those who are wise. Other alternate spellings include Sofiya and Sofea.

She has been revered as the Wise Bride of Solomon by Jews as the Queen of Wisdom and War Athena by Greeks and as the Holy Spirit of Wisdom by Christians. It was originally used and popularized by European royalty during the Middle Ages. Sophia pronounced sew-feeah in Greek Hohkma in Hebrew Sapientia in Latin Celtic goddess-figure Sheela-na-gigs - all mean wisdom.

The Ancient Greek word Sophia is the abstract noun of σοφός sophós which variously translates to clever skillful intelligent wise These words share the same Proto-Indo-European root as the Latin verb sapere lit. Used of the knowledge of very diverse matters. The varied knowledge of things human and divine acquired by acuteness and experience and summed up.

Hagia Sophia in Greek means Holy Wisdom. The Myth of the Divine Sophia In the Gnostic myth of how the world works Sophia the feminine personification of wisdom lives happily with spirits of light especially her twin brother in the unified limitless potential of her Fathers radiance created by the twin powers of Depth and Silence. Clever -ῐᾱ -íā.

A combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek philosophy. Alternate Origins - Biblical. Universally Luke 240 52.

σοφία σοφίας ἡσοφός Hebrew חכמה wisdom broad and full intelligencefrom Homerdown. Sophia has Greek origins meaning wisdom and is a variant of Sophie and alternatively spelled Sofia. Sophia is a Greek name meaning wisdom.