דַּעַת daat

Hebrew word for “knowledge” · Strong’s H1847 · used 92 times in 90 verses

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Meaning

1) knowledge; 1a) knowledge, perception, skill; 1b) discernment, understanding, wisdom

How it is translated

Glosses given for daat in context, with how often each is used:

• knowledge 91
• like knowledge 1

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Proverbs 1 (4), Proverbs 2 (3), Proverbs 8 (3), Proverbs 14 (3), Proverbs 15 (3), Proverbs 19 (3), Proverbs 22 (3), Genesis 2 (2), Joshua 20 (2), Job 21 (2)

Forms

• דעת 50
• ודעת 18
• הדעת 7
• ובדעת 5
• בדעת 2
• בדעתו 2
• מדעת 2
• דעתך 1
• כדעתכם 1
• לדעתי 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with daat more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חׇכְמָה chokhmah “wisdom” 20
• בְּלִי beli “without” 10
• בִּין bin “to understand” 11
• חָכָם chakham “wise” 10
• תְּבוּנָה tavunah “understanding” 7
• לֵב lev “heart” 11
• כְּסִיל kesil “fool” 7
• לָמַד lamad “to learn” 7
• יִרְאָה yirah “fear” 6
• פֶּתִי peti “simple” 5
• אִוֶּלֶת ivvelet “folly” 5
• רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 8

Key verses

The verses using daat that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 2:17 — But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
• Proverbs 1:7 — The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
• Proverbs 1:22 — How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
• Proverbs 2:6 — For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
• Ecclesiastes 9:10 — 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.
• Isaiah 11:2 — 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…
• Isaiah 44:25 — That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
• Isaiah 53:11 — 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.
• Jeremiah 10:14 — 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.
• Hosea 4:1 — 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…
• Hosea 4:6 — My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou…
• Malachi 2:7 — 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.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.