Strong’s H1847 · Hebrew

דַּעַת
daʻath
dah'-ath

Definition

knowledge

Etymology

from H3045 (יָדַע);

Where the KJV renders it

  • cunning
  • (ig-) norantly
  • know(-ledge)
  • (un-) awares (wittingly)

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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