Definition

wisdom or intelligence

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to H4093 (מַדָּע);

Word family

• מַדָּע maddâʻ

How the KJV renders it

• knowledge
• reason
• understanding

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.