Bible Encyclopedia: Sage

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Strong's Hebrew

2450. chakam -- wise
... Word Origin from chakam Definition wise NASB Word Usage expert (1), men who are
skillful (1), sage (1), shrewd (2), skilled (2), skilled men (3), skilled men ...
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Library

The Writings of Israel's Philosophers
... This prose story has apparently been utilized and given a very different interpretation
by a later poet-sage in whose ears rang Jeremiah's words of anguish ...
/.../xi the writings of israels.htm

Jean Jacques Rousseau.
... quel empire sur ses passions! Où est l'homme, où est le sage qui sait agir,
souffrir et mourir sans foiblesse et sans ostentation? ...
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Fourth Tractate. Our Tutelary Spirit.
... Man. 6. What, then, is the achieved Sage? One whose ... its own. On instinct
which the Sage finally rectifies in every respect? Not ...
/.../plotinus/the six enneads/fourth tractate our tutelary spirit.htm

Fourth Tractate. On True Happiness.
... life. Once the man is a Sage, the means of happiness, the way to good, are
within, for nothing is good that lies outside him. Anything ...
/.../plotinus/the six enneads/fourth tractate on true happiness.htm

The Hebrew Sages and their Proverbs
... The wise man or sage is a characteristic Oriental figure. ... Their common aim is well
expressed by the sage who appended to Proverbs the preface: ...
/.../the origin and permanent value of the old testament/x the hebrew sages and.htm

The Stage as it was Once.
... And what noble figures on those front seats; Pericles, with Aspasia beside him,
and all his friends"Anaxagoras the sage, Phidias the sculptor, and many ...
/.../kingsley/lectures delivered in america in 1874/lecture ii the stage as.htm

Discipline
... These were the words of the Eastern sage, as he looked down from the mountain height
upon the camp of Israel, abiding among the groves of the lowland ...
/.../kingsley/discipline and other sermons/sermon i discipline.htm

Grundtvig's Later Years
... The lonely Defender of the Bible became a respected sage and the acknowledged leader
of a fast growing religious and folk movement, both in Denmark and the ...
/.../hymns and hymnwriters of denmark/chapter sixteen grundtvigs later years.htm

The Burial of Moses
... Amid the noblest of the land We lay the sage to rest, And give the bard an honored
place With costly marble drest, In the great minster transept, Where lights ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/the burial of moses.htm

'A Greater than Solomon'
... He had a rich variety of gifts: he was statesman, merchant, sage, physicist,
builder, one of the many-sided men whom the old world produced. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/a greater than solomon.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A suffruticose labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage.

2. (n.) The sagebrush.

3. (superl.) Having nice discernment and powers of judging; prudent; grave; sagacious.

4. (superl.) Proceeding from wisdom; well judged; shrewd; well adapted to the purpose.

5. (superl.) Grave; serious; solemn.

6. (n.) A wise man; a man of gravity and wisdom; especially, a man venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave philosopher.

Thesaurus

Sage (1 Occurrence)
... The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated
for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage. ...
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Sagacious (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (a.) Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment;
discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a ...
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Epicureans (1 Occurrence)
... They are apotheoses of the Epicurean sage, entirely withdrawn from the world's turmoil,
enjoying a life of calm repose, and satisfied with the bounty that ...
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Job (60 Occurrences)
... tempest; and to give to the patriarch or sheikh a function of counsel and succor
in the community analogous to that of the later wise man or sage (compare Job ...
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Wizard (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A wise man; a sage. 2. (n.) One devoted to
the black art; a magician; a conjurer; a sorcerer; an enchanter. ...
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Teaching (372 Occurrences)
... The noun indicates a wise person or sage whose mission is to instruct others in
the ways of the Lord (Proverbs 16:23; Proverbs 21:11; and often in the Wisdom ...
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Eliphaz (14 Occurrences)
... He is represented as a venerable and benignant sage from Teman in Idumaea, a place
noted for its wisdom (compare Jeremiah 49:7), as was also the whole land of ...
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Perfumer (4 Occurrences)
... smell. During a considerable portion of the year the country air is laden
with the odor of aromatic herbs, such as mint and sage. ...
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Perfume (202 Occurrences)
... smell. During a considerable portion of the year the country air is laden
with the odor of aromatic herbs, such as mint and sage. ...
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Shagee (1 Occurrence)
... sha'-ge (shaghe'; Codex Vaticanus Sola; Codex Alexandrinus Sage; the King James
Version Shage): The father of Jonathan, one of David's heroes (1 Chronicles 11 ...
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Bible Concordance

Sage (1 Occurrence)

Jeremiah 18:18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

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Sagacious (1 Occurrence)

Epicureans (1 Occurrence)

Job (60 Occurrences)

Wizard (3 Occurrences)

Teaching (372 Occurrences)

Eliphaz (14 Occurrences)

Perfumer (4 Occurrences)

Perfume (202 Occurrences)

Shagee (1 Occurrence)