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What Does “Wot” Mean in the Bible?
In the King James Bible, “Wot” means “know” in modern English. It is an archaic word from the 1611 KJV that has dropped out of everyday use.
What Was Lost
The last native English verb for knowing. When Abimelech said 'I wot not,' he used the same verb root that gave us wisdom, witness, and wit. English replaced its own word for knowing with a French import and lost the etymological web connecting knowledge, wisdom, and witness as facets of one concept.