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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