דֵּעָה
dêʻâh · H1844 · Hebrew · 6 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
Examples1 Samuel 2:3 “Do not go on boasting so very proudly, Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth; For the LORD is a God of knowledge, And with Him actions are weighed.
Job 36:4 “For truly my words are not false; One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
Psalm 73:11 They say, “How does God know? And is there knowledge with the Most High?”
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
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יָרָהto teach, to shoot 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יֵשׁthere is, there are 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- אֵלGod, god 1
- 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 to knowledge (דֵּעָה) but emphasizing the capacity to perceive or distinguish; both terms describe cognitive apprehension though בִּינָה focuses more on insight and comprehension.
- חׇכְמָה chokmâh · H2451 · wisdom, intelligence, skill
- Hebrew noun for wisdom, frequently paired with knowledge vocabulary in biblical wisdom literature; while דֵּעָה emphasizes factual knowledge or information, חָכְמָה emphasizes the skillful application and practical dimension of knowledge.
- תָּבוּן tâbûwn · H8394 · understanding, discernment, insight
- Hebrew noun denoting understanding or intelligence, often appearing in parallel with knowledge terms in poetic texts; both refer to intellectual apprehension though תְּבוּנָה emphasizes discernment and prudent understanding.
Contrasting words 2 words
- כְּסִילוּת kᵉçîylûwth · H3687 · foolishness, folly
- Hebrew noun denoting foolishness or stupidity, the direct opposite of knowledge (דֵּעָה) in wisdom literature; where דֵּעָה represents cognitive understanding, כְּסִילוּת represents the absence or rejection of understanding.
- אִוֶּלֶת ʼivveleth · H200 · folly
- Hebrew noun for folly or foolishness, standard antonym to knowledge and wisdom vocabulary in biblical wisdom contexts; represents the opposite cognitive and moral state from דֵּעָה.
In the other Testament 2 words
- γνῶσις gnōsis · G1108 · acquaintance, knowledge, what is known
- Standard Greek equivalent for Hebrew דֵּעָה, both denoting knowledge as a conceptual noun; γνῶσις appears frequently in LXX as the translation for Hebrew knowledge terms and shares the same semantic range of intellectual apprehension and understanding.
- ἐπίγνωσις epígnōsis · G1922 · knowing about, knowing definitely about, knowledge about
- Greek term for knowledge with emphasis on full or precise knowledge; often used in LXX to render Hebrew knowledge vocabulary where the context emphasizes thoroughness or recognition.
Semantic domains 1 entry
Word family 10 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1844. deah דֵּעָה noun feminine knowledge (strictly Infinitive of ידע) — דֵּעָה Psa…
דֵּעָה noun feminine knowledge (strictly Infinitive of ידע) — דֵּעָה Psa 73:11 Psa 73:3t.; plural דֵּעוֺת 1Sa 2:3; Job 36:4; — ד ׳תְּמִים Job 36:4 (of Elihu); of God's knowledge, ד ׳אֵל ׳י 1Sa 2:3 a God of knowledge is ׳י (on plural see Dr); בְעֶלְיוֺן דֵּעָה יֵשׁ Psa 73:11 (|| יָדַעאֵֿל אֵיכָה); knowledge, with ׳י as object Isa 11:9 (where verbal force of noun appears); as taught by prophets Isa 28:9; וְהַשְׂכֵּיל דֵּעָה אֶתְכֶם וְרָעוּ Jer 3:15 of ׳יs shepherds (i.e. future ideal rulers). Gr proposes (plausibly) רָעֹה, after ᵐ5, see also Gie.
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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