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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE) is an authoritative reference encyclopedia which explains every significant word, subject, place, person, and doctrine in the Bible and Apocrypha! In scope, the ISBE covers literature (apocalyptic, apocryphal, sub-apostolic, etc.), archeology, ethnology, geography, topography, biography, arts and crafts, manners and customs, family life,...

, nolʹej, nolʹij (in Heb chiefly יָדַע, yādhaʽ, noun דַּעַת, daʽath; in Gr γινώσκω, ginō̇skō, οἶδα, oída; “to know fully,”ἐπιγινώσκω, epiginō̇skō, noun γνῶσις, gnō̇sis, ἐπίγνωσις, epígnōsis): Knowledge strictly is the apprehension by the mind of some fact or truth in accordance with its real nature; in a personal relation the intellectual act is necessarily conjoined with the element of affection and will (choice, love, favor, or, conversely, repugnance, dislike, etc). Knowledge