מַדָּע
maddâʻ · H4093 · Hebrew · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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knowledge, learning
Literally: knowing; hence: a collection of information stored and processed in someone's mind that gives that person the ability to analyse, discern, make decisions and act accordingly
Examples2 Chronicles 1:10 “Now give me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may go out and come in before this people, for who can rule this great people of Yours?”
2 Chronicles 1:11 Then God said to Solomon, “Because this was in your heart, and you did not ask for riches, wealth, or honor, or the life of those who hate you, nor did you even ask for long life, but you asked for yourself wisdom and knowledge so that you may rule My people over whom I have made you king,
2 Chronicles 1:12 wisdom and knowledge have been granted to you. I will also give you riches, wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings who were before you has possessed, nor will those who will come after you.”
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thought
Literally: knowing; hence: process by which humans are exercising their minds about certain matters
ExamplesEcclesiastes 10:20 Furthermore, in your bedroom do not curse a king, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse a rich person; for a bird of the sky will bring the sound, and the winged one will make your word known.
How it’s used In 6 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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ךָyour 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שָׁפַטto judge, to govern 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 2
- שָׁאַלto ask, to inquire, to request 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בִּיןto understand, to discern 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 2 words
- חׇכְמָה chokmâh · H2451 · wisdom, intelligence, skill
- Both words denote cognitive or intellectual capacities, 'wisdom' on the one hand and 'knowledge' or 'thought' on the other, in the area of wisdom, describing overlapping mental faculties. The target term is rare, attested only a handful of times.
- תָּבוּן tâbûwn · H8394 · understanding, discernment, insight
- Both words belong to the cognitive and intellectual field: 'knowledge' or 'thought' (the target term) and 'discretion', 'understanding' or 'wisdom' (תָּבוּן) describe related mental capacities that could substitute for one another in many contexts. The target term is rare.
In the other Testament 1 word
- σύνεσις sýnesis · G4907 · understanding, what is understood, to be able to comprehend
- Greek σύνεσις emphasizes the cognitive faculty of understanding and intelligence (mental synthesis), while Hebrew מַדָּע denotes acquired knowledge or thought content; σύνεσις renders מַדָּע in contexts where intellectual capacity or discernment is in view rather than mere informational knowledge.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Wise002001002029
- מַדָּע denotes knowledge or understanding, as in Daniel 1:17's four youths given "knowledge and intelligence in every branch of literature and wisdom," placing it among terms of wisdom and insight.
- Think002004002013
- The word also covers thought more generally, reflected in its gloss 'thought,' as in Ecclesiastes 10:20's warning not to curse a king "even in your thought," placing it among terms of mental activity.
Word family 10 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4093. madda מַדָּע noun masculine2Ch 1:12 knowledge, thought (late); מַדָּע2Ch 1:10 2Ch…
מַדָּע noun masculine2Ch 1:12 knowledge, thought (late); מַדָּע2Ch 1:10 2Ch 1:4t.; מִדָּֽעֲךָ Ecc 10:20; —
1 knowledge (|| חָכְמָה) of Solomon, 2Ch 1:10-11, 2Ch 1:12; Dan 1:4 (|| חָכְמָה and דַּעַת), Dan 1:7 (|| הַשְׂכֵּל).
2 place of knowledge, mind, (in our idiom also) thought Ecc 10:20.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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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