📖 Biblical Definition
El-Deah (אֵל דֵּעוֹת) — "the God of knowledge" — is the divine title Hannah declares in 1 Samuel 2:3: "Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed." The name names the omniscient LORD who weighs not merely deeds but motives, not merely actions but the heart from which they spring. Nothing is hidden from Him — "all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do" (Hebrews 4:13). The pride that thinks itself unseen is the worst delusion of the fallen mind. El-Deah sees through it, weighs it, and judges it justly.
📜 Webster 1828 Definition
Webster 1828: God who possesses perfect, exhaustive knowledge of all things.
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The title declares that knowledge is not merely an attribute of God but His very being. He knows the end from the beginning, the heart from the lips, the secret from the public.
📖 Key Scripture
1 Samuel 2:3 — "For the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed."
Psalm 139:2 — "Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off."
Job 37:16 — "The wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge."
Proverbs 15:3 — "The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good."
⚠️ Modern Corruption
Modern man boasts of his learning while denying the God who knows him utterly.
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The age of information has produced an arrogance toward El-Deah. Men gather data and call it wisdom, forgetting the One who knew before any database existed.
God's knowledge is not a search engine; it is omniscience that weighs the heart. To live coram Deo is to live before El-Deah.
🔗 Greek & Hebrew Roots
El (God) joined to Deah (knowledge).
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H410 — El — God
H1844 — Deah — knowledge, opinion, perception
Usage
"Hannah called Him El-Deah, the God who weighs every action."
"Before El-Deah no thought is hidden, no motive unread."
"The fool says God does not see; El-Deah sees all."