דֵּעַ
dêaʻ · H1843 · Hebrew · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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knowledge, understanding, opinion
State in which humans or deities are acquainted with facts, truths, or principles, as a result of experience, study or investigation
ExamplesJob 32:6 So Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite spoke out and said, “I am young in years and you are old; Therefore I was shy and afraid to tell you what I think.
Job 32:10 “So I say, ‘Listen to me, I too will tell what I think.’
Job 32:17 “I too will give my share of answers; I also will tell my opinion.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
4 occurrences in 1 groups
- יmy 4
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- חָוָהto tell 2
- נָשָׂאto lift up, to carry, to bear 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- חָוָהto tell 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- תָּמִיםwithout defect, blameless, whole 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- בִּינָה bîynâh · H998 · understanding, discernment, insight
- Hebrew noun denoting understanding or discernment; closely related semantic field to דֵּעַ (knowledge/opinion) as both refer to cognitive apprehension, though בִּינָה emphasizes the process of understanding rather than the content of knowledge.
- חׇכְמָה chokmâh · H2451 · wisdom, intelligence, skill
- Hebrew noun for wisdom; overlaps semantically with דֵּעַ in contexts where knowledge and wisdom are paired or interchangeable as cognitive/intellectual faculties, though חָכְמָה typically implies practical application of knowledge.
- שֶׂכֶל sekel · H7922 · good sense, understanding, insight
- Hebrew noun denoting insight or prudence; similar semantic domain to דֵּעַ as both refer to intellectual or cognitive capacity, though שֵׂכֶל emphasizes practical intelligence and sound judgment.
In the other Testament 2 words
- γνῶσις gnōsis · G1108 · acquaintance, knowledge, what is known
- Direct Greek translation equivalent for 'knowledge'; both nouns denoting the state or content of knowing, commonly used to translate Hebrew knowledge terms in LXX.
- ἐπίγνωσις epígnōsis · G1922 · knowing about, knowing definitely about, knowledge about
- Greek equivalent emphasizing full or experiential knowledge; semantically overlaps with דֵּעַ as a knowledge-noun, though with slightly intensified connotation.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Know002004002007
- דֵּעַ denotes knowledge or a settled opinion, as Job's friend Zophar speaks a word of knowledge in his reply.
Word family 10 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1843. dea [דֵּעַ] noun [masculine] knowledge, opinion (late) — only suffix דֵּעִי Job…
[דֵּעַ] noun [masculine] knowledge, opinion (late) — only suffix דֵּעִי Job 32:6 Job 32:3t., and plural דֵּעִים Job 37:6; all in speech of Elihu.
1 knowledge, ד ׳תְּמִים Job 37:16 one perfect in knowledge (of God).
2 judgement, opinion Job 36:3; דֵּעִי חַוֹּת Job 32:6 to declare my opinion, so Job 32:10; Job 32:17.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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