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El De'ot — God of Knowledge

אֵל דֵּעוֹת

El De'ot — pronounced ALE day-OHT · appears 1 (the exact phrase) times · Strong's H1844

The God of all knowledge, who weighs actions — from Hannah's prayer.

Spoken by a once-barren woman answering her mockers: the God who knows also weighs. Both traditions find here the comfort and the sobriety of being fully known.

First occurrence

1Sam 2:3 — 'YHVH is El De'ot; by Him actions are weighed'

Key passages

Ps 139:1 — 'You have searched me and known me'

Job 37:16 — 'Perfect in knowledge'

In the Greek Scriptures

Θεὸς γνώσεων

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