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Proverbs 8

Prov. 8:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
dwell
shakan (Hebrew #7931)
to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
Pronounce: shaw-kan'
Origin: a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to 7901 through the idea of lodging; compare 5531, 7925)
with χprudence
`ormah (Hebrew #6195)
trickery; or (in a good sense) discretion
KJV usage: guile, prudence, subtilty, wilily, wisdom.
Pronounce: or-maw'
Origin: feminine of 6193
, and find out
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
knowledge
da`ath (Hebrew #1847)
knowledge
KJV usage: cunning, (ig-)norantly, know(-ledge), (un-)awares (wittingly).
Pronounce: dah'-ath
Origin: from 3045
of witty inventions
mzimmah (Hebrew #4209)
a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity)
KJV usage: (wicked) device, discretion, intent, witty invention, lewdness, mischievous (device), thought, wickedly.
Pronounce: mez-im-maw'
Origin: from 2161
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or, subtilly.

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I wisdom.
Psa. 104:24• 24O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. (Psa. 104:24)
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Isa. 55:8‑9• 8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
 9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isa. 55:8‑9)
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Rom. 11:33• 33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! (Rom. 11:33)
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Eph. 1:8,11• 8Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
 11In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: (Eph. 1:8,11)
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Eph. 3:10• 10To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, (Eph. 3:10)
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Col. 2:3• 3In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Col. 2:3)
prudence.
or, subtlety.
knowledge.
Ex. 31:3‑6• 3And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
 4To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
 5And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
 6And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee; (Ex. 31:3‑6)
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Ex. 35:30‑35• 30And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the Lord hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
 31And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;
 32And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
 33And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.
 34And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
 35Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work. (Ex. 35:30‑35)
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Ex. 36:1‑4• 1Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the Lord put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the Lord had commanded.
 2And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it:
 3And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.
 4And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made; (Ex. 36:1‑4)
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1 Kings 7:14• 14He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. (1 Kings 7:14)
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1 Chron. 28:12,19• 12And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the Lord, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:
 19All this, said David, the Lord made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern. (1 Chron. 28:12,19)
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2 Chron. 13:14• 14And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the Lord, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. (2 Chron. 13:14)
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Isa. 28:26• 26For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him. (Isa. 28:26)
• Wisdom here is looked at as an essential part of Deity; further down, as Him who has been now revealed as the Wisdom of God, the Eternal Son. (“Proverbs Eight” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find the knowledge which cometh of reflectionf.

JND Translation Notes

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Here the plural, as ch. 5.2.