The Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek that is translated as “wisdom” in English is rendered in various ways:
- Amganad Ifugao / Tabasco Chontal: “(big) mind”
- Bulu / Yamba: “heart-thinking”
- Tae’: “cleverness of heart” (source for this and all above: Reiling / Swellengrebel)
- Palauan: “bright spirit (innermost)” (source: Bratcher / Hatton)
- Ixcatlán Mazatec: “with your best/biggest thinking” (source: Robert Bascom)
- Noongar: dwangka-boola, lit. “ear much” (source: Portions of the Holy Bible in the Nyunga language of Australia, 2018 — see also remember)
- Kwere “to know how to live well” (source: Pioneer Bible Translators, project-specific translation notes in Paratext)
- Dobel: “their ear holes are long-lasting” (in Acts 6:3) (source: Jock Hughes)
Note that in Chichewa, there is only one word — nzeru — that encompasses both “knowledge” and “wisdom.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
See also wisdom (Proverbs).
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