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Witty (1 Occurrence)

Proverbs 8:12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. (KJV)

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Witty (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) Especially, possessing wit or humor; good at repartee; droll; facetious;
sometimes, sarcastic; as, a witty remark, poem, and the like. ... WIST, WITTY, WOT. ...
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Wot (10 Occurrences)
... 1. (imp.) of Weet. 2. (pres. sing.) of Wit. 3. (v.) 1st & 3d pers. sing. pres.
Of Wit. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. WIST, WITTY, WOT. ...
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Wist (13 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v.) Knew. 2. (pp) of Wit. Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia. WIST, WITTY, WOT. wist, wit'-i, wot: The ...
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Joke (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive
(commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a ...
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Gem (1 Occurrence)
... size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of
its beauty or value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or wise ...
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Wittingly (1 Occurrence)

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Ingenious (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (a.) Witty; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious; as, an ingenious reply. 4. (a.)
Mental; intellectual. Multi-Version Concordance Ingenious (1 Occurrence). ...
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Inventions (8 Occurrences)
... inventions. (KJV WBS). Proverbs 8:12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find
out knowledge of witty inventions. (KJV WBS). Proverbs ...
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Retort (1 Occurrence)
... 4. (n.) The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility,
taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response. ...
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Brighten (3 Occurrences)
... 4. (v.) To make acute or witty; to enliven. 5. (vi) To grow bright, or more bright;
to become less dark or gloomy; to clear up; to become bright or cheerful. ...
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Greek
791. asteios -- of the town, by impl. courteous, elegant
... Phonetic Spelling: (as-ti'-os) Short Definition: elegant, pretty, fair, fine, beautiful
Definition: (lit: belonging to the city; then: witty, clever), elegant ...
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
WIST, WITTY, WOT

wist, wit'-i, wot: The verb "to wit" in the King James Version is interchangeable with "to know," and is conjugated with a present "wot," and a past "wist." This inflection is derived from more complicated forms in the older English, and in post-Elizabethan times has become quite obsolete. (But compare the roots in "wisdom," "witness.") "Wit," then, is simply "knowledge," and "witty" is "having knowledge," although the noun and the adjective have become narrowly specialized in modern English (compare the similar evolution of "knowing," in its use as an adjective). Even in Elizabethan English, however, the indicative of "to wit" was becoming displaced by "know," and "wot" and "wist" together occur only 24 times in the King James Version (not at all in Apocrypha). the English Revised Version has retained all the New Testament examples, but in the Old Testament has altered about half the occurrences to "know," but has followed no discoverable rule in so doing ("wot" retained only in Joshua 2:5). the American Standard Revised Version has changed to "know" throughout (Old Testament and New Testament). The infinitive "to wit" is still in use (chiefly in legal formulas) before an apposition, and the King James Version has introduced it rather frequently to clarify a construction (Joshua 17:1 1 Kings 2:32, etc.), and the Revised Version (British and American) has usually retained it (omitted in Joshua 17:1 2 Chronicles 4:12). In the other uses of this inf. (Genesis 24:21 Exodus 2:4) it is replaced by "to know," while the very obsolete expression in 2 Corinthians 8:1, the King James Version "We do you to wit" (i.e. "We cause you to know"; see Do), has become in the Revised Version (British and American) "We make known unto you."

The noun "wit" is found in Psalm 107:27, "at their wits' (the King James Version "wit's") end," for chokhmah, "wisdom," "technical skill"; compare the Revised Version margin "All their wisdom is swallowed up." The meaning is "their skilled seamanship cannot cope with the danger" (the phrase is very commonly misapplied). "Wit" occurs also 1 Esdras 4:26 (dianoia, "mind"); 2 Esdras 5:9 (sensus, here "intelligence"); Sirach 31:20 (psuche, "soul," with the force of "reason").

Witty is found in the King James Version, the Revised Version margin Proverbs 8:12, "witty inventions" (mezimmah, "discretion" (so the Revised Version (British and American)); if "and" is not read in this verse, translate "discrete knowledge"). In Judith 11:23 occurs "witty in thy words" (agathos, "good," here probably = "thou hast spoken sound sense"). The Wisdom of Solomon 8:19 the King James Version has "a witty child," the Revised Version (British and American) "a child of parts," margin "goodly" (euphues, "well grown," "of a good disposition," "clever"). "Wittingly" occurs in Genesis 48:14 (sakhal, "act intelligently").

Burton Scott Easton

WITTY

See WIST, WITTY, WOT.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning.

2. (n.) Especially, possessing wit or humor; good at repartee; droll; facetious; sometimes, sarcastic; as, a witty remark, poem, and the like.

Strong's Hebrew
4209. mezimmah -- purpose, discretion, device
... wickedly (1). wicked device, discretion, intent, witty invention, lewdness,
mischievous device, thought, wickedly. From zamam; a ...
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