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Strong's #1862 - דַּרְדַּע

Transliteration

Dardaʻ

Phonetics

dar-dah'

Origin

apparently from (H1858) and (H1843)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Darda = "pearl of knowledge"
1. a son of Mahol, one of four men of great fame for their wisdom, but surpassed by Solomon

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

1 Kings 1

BSB (1)

1 Kings 1

CSB (1)

1 Kings 1

ESV (1)

1 Kings 1

KJV (1)

1 Kings 1

LEB (1)

1 Kings 1

LSB (1)

1 Kings 1

N95 (1)

1 Kings 1

NAS (1)

1 Kings 1

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

1 Kings 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

דַּרְדַּע proper name, masculine (etymology dubious; possibly = דַּרְדַּר belonging then below דרר, compare Thes Add⁸³) — only 1 Kings 5:11 Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol (types of wise men, but Solomon wiser than they); = דָּ֖רַע 1 Chronicles 2:6, where read דַּרְדַּע with ᵑ6ᵑ7 & Manuscripts

דַּרְדַּר see דרר.

דָּרוֺם, דְּרוֺר see דרר.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

דַּרְדַּע (“pearl of wisdom,” comp. of דַּר, دَرُّ, and דַּע = דֵּעַ, דַּעַת wisdom), [Darda], pr.n. of a wise man contemporary with Solomon, or else living a little previously, 1 Kings 5:11 in the parallel place, 1 Chronicles 2:6 (contractedly or corruptedly), דֶּרַע.

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List of Word Forms

וְדַרְדַּ֖ע ודרדע vedarDa wə·ḏar·da‘ wəḏarda‘