Definition

to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• consider
• expert
• instruct
• prosper
• (deal) prudent(-ly)
• (give) skill(-ful)
• have good success
• teach
• (have
• make to) understand(-ing)
• wisdom
• (be
• behave self
• make) wise(-ly)
• guide wittingly

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.