Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4093
מַדָּע
maddamad-daw'
knowledge
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: maddâʻ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4093is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4093
intelligence or consciousness
The King James renders it: knowledge, science, thought.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
madda is rendered "knowledge". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in 2 Chronicles, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Chronicles 1:10Now grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Now grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
2 Chronicles 1:10וּמַדָּע֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's six uses are in 2 Chronicles.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and knowledge2
- and the knowledge1
- in mind your1
- knowledge1
- of knowledge1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בְּמַדָּֽעֲךָ֗1
- וְהַמַּדָּ֖ע1
- וּמַדָּע֙1
- וּמַדָּ֔ע1
- מַדָּ֔ע1
- מַדָּ֥ע1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular2HC/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular2HNcmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Td/Ncmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms
2 Chronicles
three uses
Now grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
- וּמַדָּע֙umada'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and knowledge
God said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart instead of requesting riches or wealth or glory for yourself or death for your enemies—and since you have not even requested long life but have asked for wisdom and knowledge to govern My people over whom I have made you king—
- וּמַדָּ֔עumada'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and knowledge
therefore wisdom and knowledge have been granted to you. And I will also give you riches and wealth and honor unlike anything given to the kings before you or after you.”
- וְהַמַּדָּ֖עvehammada'conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the knowledge
Ecclesiastes
one use
Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.
- בְּמַדָּֽעֲךָ֗bemadaakhapreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: in mind your
Daniel
two uses
young men without blemish, handsome, gifted in all wisdom, knowledgeable, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace—and to teach them the language and literature of the Chaldeans.
- מַדָּ֔עmada'noun · masculine singulartagged: of knowledge
To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. And Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.
- מַדָּ֥עmada'noun · masculine singulartagged: knowledge
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.