Strong's Lexicon

H1847

H1847 — דַּעַת

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewda`athn-e.Occurrences: 95TWOT: 848c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1847
Word:דַּעַת
Part of Speech:n-e.
Etymology:from H3045
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:95
Transliteration:da`ath
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:dah'-ath
Meaning:1. knowledge
KJV Renderings:cunning, (ig-)norantly, know(-ledge), (un-)awares (wittingly).

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דַּ֫עַת noun feminine Ps 139:6 Dan 12:4 (masculine Prov 2:10 ; Prov 14:6 , possibly Job 33:3 Ew§174 g) knowledge (properly Infinitive, which appears clearly Gen 2:9 ; Gen 2:17; Jer 22:16) — absolute דַּ֫עַת Gen 2:9 + 35 t.; דָּ֑עַת Josh 20:3 + 35 t.; construct דַּ֫עַת Num 24:16 + 10 t.; suffix דַּעְתִּי Prov 22:17 דַּעְתְּךָ Job 10:7 דַּעְתֵּךְ Isa 47:10 דַּעְתּוֺ Prov 3:20; Isa 53:11 דַּעְתְּכֶם Job 13:2 דַּעְתָּם Isa 44:25

1.
a. knowledge, perception in phrase ׳ בִּבְלִי ד Deut 4:42 = unintenionally, Deut 19:4; Josh 20:3 (where P 's synonym is בִּשְׁגָגָה Josh 20:3 Josh 20:9, compare Num 35:11; Num 35:15), Num 35:5 without knowing ׳ מִבְּלִי ד Isa 5:13 ( = before they knew it, suddenly).
b. = skill (in work-manship) Exod 31:3; Exod 35:31 (both P ; both || תְּבוּנָה and חָכְמָה), 1Kgs 7:14 (followed by infinitive); creative skill Isa 40:14 (|| אֹרַח מִשְׁפָּט, דֶּרֶךְ תְּבוּנוֺת).
c. of prophetic knowledge עליון ׳ יֹדֵעַ ד Num 24:16 ( J E ), compare Ps 19:3.
d. especially knowledge with moral quality Gen 2:9; Gen 2:17 ( J ; in both verbal force, טוֺב וָרַע ׳ הַדּ the knowing good and evil).
e. knowledge possessed by God Job 10:7; Ps 139:6; Prov 3:20 (|| חָכְמָה and תְּבוּנָה), Prov 21:12 taught by God to men Ps 94:10; Ps 119:66 (|| טוּב טַעַם), Prov 2:6 (|| תְּבוּנָה and חָכְמָה).
f. דַּעַתרֿוּחַ = windy (unreal) knowledge Job 15:2.
2. especially in Wisdom Literature = discernment, understanding, wisdom:
a. Job 13:2; Job 33:3 ( שְׂפָתַי ׳ ד), לֹא בְּדַעַת Job 34:35 (|| חכמה), Prov 8:9; Prov 8:10 (|| מוסר), Prov 10:4; Prov 11:9; Prov 18:15 (twice in verse); Prov 22:12 ; Prov 29:7, compare Isa 32:4 ; Isa 53:11; Jer 10:14 = Jer 51:17 בבלי דעת Job 35:16; Job 36:12 ׳ בלי ד Job 38:2; Job 42:3, ׳ בְּלֹא ד Prov 19:2 || תְּבוּנָה Prov 17:27 ; Isa 44:19 ׳ ת + חכמה Prov 24:4, || מְזִמָּה Prov 1:4; Prov 5:2 מְזִמּוֺת ׳ ד Prov 8:12 || verb עָרַם Prov 19:25 || מֹצֵעוֺת Prov 22:20 || מוּסָר Prov 12:1; Prov 19:27 ; Prov 23:12 || תּוֺרָה Mal 2:7 || חכמה Prov 14:6; Eccl 1:16; Eccl 1:18; Eccl 2:21; Eccl 2:26; Eccl 7:12; Eccl 9:10: connected with חָכָם Prov 21:11 ; Eccl 12:9 דברי חכמים Prov 22:17 ; Isa 33:6 ( חכמת) Isa 44:25 (חכמים); wisdom of magicians Isa 47:10; Dan 1:4 (|| חָכְמָה and מַדָּע ).
b. in highest sense, knowledge of God (including obedience) Hos 4:1; Hos 4:6 ( מִבְּלִי הַדַּעַת), Hos 4:6; Hos 6:6; Job 21:14; Prov 2:5 (|| ׳ יראת י), so Isa 11:2; Isa 58:2; Jer 22:16 (verbal force, with accusative), Prov 9:10 (קדשׁים ׳ ד, || ׳ יראת י), Prov 30:3 (id., || חָכְמָה); see also ׳ ראשׁית ד ׳ יִרְאַת י Prov 1:7 (|| חָכְמָה מוּסָר), Prov 1:22 Prov 1:29 (|| ׳ יִרְאַת י) Prov 2:10 (|| חָכְמָה).
c. opposed to אִוֶּלֶת Prov 12:23 ; Prov 13:16 ; Prov 14:18 ; Prov 15:2 compare Prov 15:7, also Prov 15:14 .
d. ׳ שִׂפְתֵידֿ Prov 14:7; Prov 20:15 ׳ אישׁ ד Prov 24:5 (|| גֶּבֶר חָכָם). — Dan 12:4 is dubious; ᵐ5 Bev read ותרכה הָרָעֹת.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

דעת (dah’-gath)

Deuteronomy 4:42

KJV: That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
EHCC: should kill his neighbour unawares, (lit.

Joshua 20:3

KJV: That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
EHCC: unawares (and) unwittingly (lit. without

Job 10:7

KJV: Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.Thou…: Heb. It is upon thy knowledge
EHCC: Thou knowest that I am not wicked;

Job 13:2

KJV: What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
EHCC: What ye know, (the same) do I know (lit.

Job 15:2

KJV: Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?vain…: Heb. knowledge of wind
EHCC: Should a wise man utter vain knowledge,

Job 21:14

KJV: Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
EHCC: for we desire not the knowledge of thy

Job 33:3

KJV: My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
EHCC: and my lips shall utter jnowledge

Job 34:35

KJV: Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
EHCC: Job hath spoken without Anowledge, —*

Job 35:16

KJV: Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
EHCC: he multiplieth words without knowledge.

Job 36:12

KJV: But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.perish: Heb. pass away
EHCC: they shall die without knowledge.

Job 38:2

KJV: Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
EHCC: darkeneth counsel by words without know-

Psalms 19:2

KJV: Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
EHCC: (3).night unto night sheweth knowledge.

Psalms 94:10

KJV: He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
EHCC: LG that teacheth man knowledge,

Psalms 119:66

KJV: Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
EHCC: Teach me good judgment and Anowledge:

Psalms 139:6

KJV: Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
EHCC: (Such) knowledge nay too wonderful

Proverbs 1:4

KJV: To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.discretion: or, advisement
EHCC: to the young man knowledge

Proverbs 2:5

KJV: Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
EHCC: and find the knowledge of God.

Proverbs 5:2

KJV: That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
EHCC: (that) thy lips may keep Anotwledge.

Proverbs 8:9

KJV: They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
EHCC: right to them that find knowledge.

Proverbs 9:10

KJV: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
EHCC: and the knowledge of the holy (is) under-

Proverbs 10:14

KJV: Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
EHCC: Wise (men) lay up Anowledge :

Proverbs 11:9

KJV: An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
EHCC: but through hnowlelige shall the just

Proverbs 12:1

KJV: Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
EHCC: Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge :

Proverbs 13:16

KJV: Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.layeth…: Heb. spreadeth
EHCC: Every prudent (man) dealeth with know-

Proverbs 14:6

KJV: A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
EHCC: but knowledge (is) easy unto him that under-

Proverbs 15:2

KJV: The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.poureth: Heb. belcheth, or, bubbleth
EHCC: of the wise useth hnowledge aright:

Proverbs 17:27

KJV: He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.an…: or, a cool
EHCC: He that hath knowledge spareth his words:

Proverbs 18:15

KJV: The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
EHCC: of the prudent getteth knowledge ;

Proverbs 19:9

KJV: A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
EHCC: (that) the soul (be) without knowledge,

Proverbs 20:15

KJV: There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
EHCC: the lips of knowledge

Proverbs 21:11

KJV: When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
EHCC: he receiveth knowledge.

Proverbs 22:12

KJV: The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.the words: or, the matters
EHCC: The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge, ם

Proverbs 23:12

KJV: Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
EHCC: thine cars to the words of knowledge,

Proverbs 24:4

KJV: And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
EHCC: ו4 by knowledye shall the chambers be

Proverbs 29:7

KJV: The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
EHCC: the wicked regardeth not to know (it).

Ecclesiastes 1:16

KJV: I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.had…: Heb. had seen much
EHCC: experience of wisdom ta Rnowledge.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

KJV: For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.leave: Heb. give
EHCC: in wisdom, and in knowledge,

Ecclesiastes 7:12

KJV: For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.defence: Heb. shadow
EHCC: the excellency of knowledge

Ecclesiastes 9:10

KJV: Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
EHCC: nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave,

Isaiah 5:13

KJV: Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.honourable…: Heb. glory are men of famine
EHCC: because (they have) no knowledge:

Isaiah 11:2

KJV: And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;
EHCC: the spirit of knowledge and of the fear

Isaiah 32:4

KJV: The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.rash: Heb. hastyplainly: or, elegantly
EHCC: the rash shall understand knowledge,

Isaiah 83:6

EHCC: wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability

Isaiah 40:14

KJV: With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?instructed…: Heb. made him understandunderstanding: Heb. understandings?
EHCC: taught him Anowledge,

Isaiah 47:10

KJV: For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.perverted…: or, caused thee to turn away
EHCC: Thy wisdom and thy knowledge,

Isaiah 48:4

KJV: Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;obstinate: Heb. hard
EHCC: Because I knew thet thou (art) obstinate, 1

Isaiah 53:11

KJV: He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
EHCC: by Ais knowledge shall my righteous servant

Isaiah 58:2

KJV: Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
EHCC: and delight to Anoto my ways,

Jeremiah 10:14

KJV: Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.brutish in his knowledge: or, more brutish than to know
EHCC: Every man is brutish in (his) knowledge:

Daniel 1:4

KJV: Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
EHCC: cunning in knowledge,

Hosea 4:1

KJV: Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
EHCC: nor knowledge of God in the land.

Malachi 2:7

KJV: For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
EHCC: the priest's lips should keep Anowledge,
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