[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/known/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [K](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/k/) / known # known verb form (known; past participle of know); adjective (known, well-known) «known» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Known is the form of know used after have or be: I have known her for years. It is known. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/#m1) 2. As an adjective, known means that people have it in their mind or have found it out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/#m2) 3. Well-known means famous, known by many people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/#m3) ### In the lessons In maths, a word of the question: the numbers that are known versus the one to find (the unknown); «use the known facts». In science, known facts versus questions not yet answered. In everyday life: a well-known song, a known danger. Phrases: «well-known», «known as», «unknown», «make known». ### Examples - The length is known, the width is not. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/#x1) - Use the known numbers to find the total. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/#x2) - It is known that each box has 6 eggs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/#x3) - I have known my best friend since nursery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/#x4) - The Sun is known as a star. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/#x5) - It's a well-known story about three bears. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/#x6) - The number of fish in the sea is not known exactly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/#x7) - This road is known for its traffic jams. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/#x8) - Little is known of his history. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/#x9) ### Note Known is never the simple past: «I knew», not «I known»; «I have known». The k is silent. Marks given facts. No operation. Trap: «unknown number» is the one to find. ## In Jewish tradition In the war against Midian, girls who "had not known man" were spared, and the phrase is a gentle way of speaking about marriage relations. In Judges, Samson's strength is "not known", meaning its secret was hidden. In the Psalms, God knows a person completely, and makes Himself known as a stronghold. **Interpretation.** The rabbis used this language to show that the Torah avoids crude words and speaks in a clean, careful way. Psalm 139 is read as teaching that God knows each person's inner thoughts, and Psalm 48 as showing God's protection of Jerusalem. ### Examples - But all the women children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. (Torah NUM.31.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/known/#x1) - and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by lying with him. (Torah NUM.31.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/known/#x2) - Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. (Torah NUM.31.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/known/#x3) - So his strength was not known. (Prophets JDG.16.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/known/#x4) - O LORD, Thou hast searched me, and known me. (Writings PSA.139.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/known/#x5) - God in her palaces hath made Himself known for a stronghold. (Writings PSA.48.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/known/#x6) ### Note Known is never the simple past: «I knew», not «I known»; «I have known». The k is silent. Marks given facts. No operation. Trap: «unknown number» is the one to find. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «known» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«known» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/known.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «known» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/known/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«known» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/known.html) on Mova free.