φῐλόσοφος G5386
Philosophers, lovers of wisdom, those who pursue knowledge of reality through reason
Paul's Athenian speech in Acts 17 brings him before Epicurean and Stoic philosophers, and verse 18 names them with this term. Classical Athens distinguished philosophers from sophists and mere scholars; true philosophers pursued reality's underlying truth. The encounter reveals different wisdom cultures in collision: Greco-Roman philosophical discourse versus apostolic proclamation of Christ crucified. Some philosophers mocked Paul's resurrection claims; others wanted to hear more. The plural form emphasizes the diversity within ancient philosophy—not a monolith but competing schools, yet all sharing commitment to logos (reason/word) as the path to understanding.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — Philosophers, those devoted to pursuing wisdom and understanding reality through rational investigation and speculation. Acts 17:18 identifies Epicurean and Stoic philosophers as those engaging Paul in Athens, representing Greco-Roman intellectual culture's elite. The term (φιλόσοφος, lover-of-wisdom, filósofos) distinguishes these from casual learners—these are professionally committed to wisdom's pursuit, making the collision with Paul's kerygma (proclamation) a meeting of fundamentally different epistemologies. 1×
AR["فَلاسِفَةِ"]·ben["দার্শনিকদের"]·DE["φιλοσόφων"]·EN["philosophers"]·FR["philosophe"]·heb["פִילוֹסוֹפִים"]·HI["दार्शनिकों-ने"]·ID["filsuf-filsuf"]·IT["filosofo"]·jav["filsuf"]·KO["철학자들이"]·RU["философов"]·ES["filósofos"]·SW["wanafalsafa"]·TR["filozoflarından"]·urd["فلسفیوں"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
φῐλόσοφος, ὁ, lover of wisdom; Pythagoras called himself φιλόσοφος, not σοφός, Cic Refs 5th c.BC+ {φιλοσπῆλυγξ}; φ. φύσει, τὴν φύσιν, Refs; φ. τῇ ψυχῇ, opposed to φιλόπονος τῷ σώματι, Refs 5th c.BC+: used of all men of education and learning, joined with φιλομαθής and φιλόλογος, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to σοφιστής, Refs 5th c.BC+; later, academician, of the members of the Museum at Alexandria,…