Personification of wisdom

The personification of wisdom, typically as a righteous woman, is a motif found in religious and philosophical texts, most notably in the Book of Proverbs in the Hebrew Bible and other Jewish and Christian texts. Personified visual allegories of wisdom also appear in classical, medieval, and renaissance art.

Sometimes translated as Lady Wisdom, the Greek feminine noun Sophia is itself the translation of 'wisdom' in the Greek Septuagint for HebrewחכמותḤokmot in the Jewish Bible. In some traditions, wisdom is personified as the masculine Logos, referring to 'reason' or the 'word' of God. In Christianity, Logos is identified with Jesus Christ.