Definition

to be wise (in mind, word or act)

Etymology

a primitive root,

Where the KJV renders it

• exceeding
• teach wisdom
• be (make self
• shew self) wise
• deal (never so) wisely
• make wiser

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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