Lexical Definition

‎מַדָּע‎ maddâʻ (mad-daw') knowledge ^H:N-M
or מַדַּע maddaʻ (mad-dah'); from ‎יָדַע‎

knowledge, science, thought.

• intelligence or consciousness

1) knowledge, thought
1a) knowledge
1b) mind, thought, place of knowledge

See Greek: συνείδησις

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: man.da (‎מ‎ַ‎נ‎ְ‎ד‎ַּ‎ע‎ "knowledge" מַנְדַּע)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַדָּע‎ noun masculine^{2Chr 1:12} knowledge, thought (late); ‎מַדָּע‎ 2Chr 1:10 + 4 t.; ‎מִדָּֽעֲךָ‎ Eccl 10:20 —

1. knowledge (|| ‎חָכְמָה‎) of Solomon, 2Chr 1:10; 2Chr 1:11; 2Chr 1:12; Dan 1:4 (|| ‎חָכְמָה‎ and ‎דַּעַת‎), vDan 1:7 (|| ‎הַשְׂכֵּל‎).

2. place of knowledge, mind, (in our idiom also) thought Eccl 10:20.

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