1) to discern, understand, consider 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to perceive, discern 1a2) to understand, know (with the mind) 1a3) to observe, mark, give heed to, distinguish, consider 1a4) to have discernment, insight, understanding 1b) (Niphal) to be discerning, intelligent, discreet, have understanding 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to understand 1c2) to cause to understand, give understanding, teach 1d) (Hithpolel) to show oneself discerning or attentive, consider diligently 1e) (Polel) to teach, instruct 2) (TWOT) prudent, regard
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H995 — בִּין
bin · to understand · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 41:33 · נָב֣וֹן“Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.Genesis 41:39 · נָב֥וֹןPharaoh said to Joseph, “Because God has shown you all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as you.Deuteronomy 1:13 · וּנְבֹנִ֛יםTake wise men of understanding and well known according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.”Deuteronomy 4:6 · וְנָב֔וֹןKeep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who shall hear all these statutes, and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”Deuteronomy 32:7 · בִּ֖ינוּRemember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.Deuteronomy 32:10 · יְב֣וֹנְנֵ֔הוּHe found him in a desert land, in the waste howling wilderness. He surrounded him. He cared for him. He kept him as the apple of his eye.Deuteronomy 32:29 · יָבִ֖ינוּOh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!1 Samuel 3:8 · וַיָּ֣בֶןYahweh called Samuel again the third time. He arose and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” Eli perceived that Yahweh had called the child.1 Samuel 16:18 · וּנְב֥וֹןThen one of the young men answered, and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Yahweh is with him.”2 Samuel 12:19 · וַיָּ֥בֶןBut when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, “Is the child dead?” They said, “He is dead.”1 Kings 3:9 · לְהָבִ֖יןGive your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this your great people?”1 Kings 3:11 · הָבִ֖יןGod said to him, “Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself long life, neither have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice;1 Kings 3:12 · וְנָב֔וֹןbehold, I have done according to your word. Behold, I have given you a wise and an understanding heart; so that there has been none like you before you, neither after you shall any arise like you.1 Kings 3:21 · וָאֶתְבּוֹנֵ֤ןWhen I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, it was dead; but when I had looked at it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I bore.”1 Chronicles 15:22 · מֵבִ֖יןChenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, because he was skillful.1 Chronicles 25:7 · הַ֨מֵּבִ֔יןThe number of them, with their brothers who were instructed in singing to Yahweh, even all who were skillful, was two hundred eighty-eight.1 Chronicles 25:8 · מֵבִ֖יןThey cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.1 Chronicles 27:32 · מֵבִ֥יןAlso Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, a man of understanding, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons:1 Chronicles 28:9 · מֵבִ֑יןYou, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.2 Chronicles 11:23 · וַיָּבֶן֩He dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city: and he gave them food in abundance. He sought for them many wives.2 Chronicles 26:5 · הַמֵּבִ֖יןHe set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God: and as long as he sought Yahweh, God made him to prosper.2 Chronicles 34:12 · מֵבִ֖יןThe men did the work faithfully: and their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and others of the Levites, all who were skillful with instruments of music.2 Chronicles 35:3 · הַמְּבִינִ֨יםHe said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to Yahweh, “Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built. There shall no more be a burden on your shoulders. Now serve Yahweh your God, and his people Israel.Ezra 8:15 · וָאָבִ֤ינָהI gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.Ezra 8:16 · מְבִינִֽים׃Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, who were teachers.Nehemiah 8:2 · מֵבִ֣יןEzra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.Nehemiah 8:3 · וְהַמְּבִינִ֑יםHe read therein before the broad place that was before the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.Nehemiah 8:7 · מְבִינִ֥יםAlso Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stayed in their place.Nehemiah 8:8 · וַיָּבִ֖ינוּThey read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.Nehemiah 8:9 · הַמְּבִינִ֨יםNehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, “This day is holy to Yahweh your God. Don’t mourn, nor weep.” For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.Nehemiah 8:12 · הֵבִ֙ינוּ֙All the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.Nehemiah 10:28 · מֵבִֽין׃The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinim, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge, and understanding—Nehemiah 13:7 · וָאָבִ֣ינָהand I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a room in the courts of the house of God.Job 6:24 · הָבִ֥ינוּ“Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.Job 6:30 · יָבִ֥יןIs there injustice on my tongue? Can’t my taste discern mischievous things?Job 9:11 · אָבִ֥יןBehold, he goes by me, and I don’t see him. He passes on also, but I don’t perceive him.Job 11:11 · יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.Job 13:1 · וַתָּ֥בֶן“Behold, my eye has seen all this. My ear has heard and understood it.Job 14:21 · יָבִ֥יןHis sons come to honor, and he doesn’t know it. They are brought low, but he doesn’t perceive it of them.Job 15:9 · תָּ֝בִ֗יןWhat do you know, that we don’t know? What do you understand, which is not in us?Job 18:2 · תָּ֝בִ֗ינוּ“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.Job 23:5 · וְ֝אָבִ֗ינָהI would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would tell me.Job 23:8 · אָבִ֥ין“If I go east, he is not there; if west, I can’t find him;Job 23:15 · אֶ֝תְבּוֹנֵ֗ןTherefore I am terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him.Job 26:14 · יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃ סBehold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”Job 28:23 · הֵבִ֣ין“God understands its way, and he knows its place.Job 30:20 · וַתִּתְבֹּ֥נֶןI cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.Job 31:1 · אֶ֝תְבּוֹנֵ֗ן“I made a covenant with my eyes, how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?Job 32:8 · תְּבִינֵֽם׃But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.Job 32:9 · יָבִ֥ינוּIt is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.Job 32:12 · אֶתְבּ֫וֹנָ֥ןYes, I gave you my full attention, but there was no one who convinced Job, or who answered his words, among you.Job 36:29 · יָ֭בִיןYes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, and the thunderings of his pavilion?Job 37:14 · וְהִתְבּוֹנֵ֤ן׀“Listen to this, Job. Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.Job 38:18 · הִ֭תְבֹּנַנְתָּHave you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know it all.Job 38:20 · תָ֝בִ֗יןthat you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?Job 42:3 · אָבִ֑יןYou asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn’t know.Psalm 5:1 · בִּ֣ינָהFor the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David. Give ear to my words, Yahweh. Consider my meditation.Psalm 19:12 · יָבִ֑יןWho can discern his errors? Forgive me from hidden errors.Psalm 28:5 · יָבִ֡ינוּBecause they don’t respect the works of Yahweh, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.Psalm 32:9 · הָ֫בִ֥יןDon’t be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.Psalm 33:15 · הַ֝מֵּבִ֗יןhe who fashions all of their hearts; and he considers all of their works.Psalm 37:10 · וְהִתְבּוֹנַ֖נְתָּFor yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn’t there.Psalm 49:20 · יָבִ֑יןA man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.Psalm 50:22 · בִּֽינוּ־“Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be none to deliver.Psalm 58:9 · יָבִ֣ינוּBefore your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.Psalm 73:17 · אָ֝בִ֗ינָהUntil I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.Psalm 82:5 · יָבִ֗ינוּThey don’t know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.Psalm 92:6 · יָבִ֥יןA senseless man doesn’t know, neither does a fool understand this:Psalm 94:7 · יָ֝בִ֗יןThey say, “Yah will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.”Psalm 94:8 · בִּ֭ינוּConsider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?Psalm 107:43 · וְ֝יִתְבּֽוֹנְנ֗וּWhoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.Psalm 119:27 · הֲבִינֵ֑נִיLet me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.Psalm 119:34 · הֲ֭בִינֵנִיGive me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.Psalm 119:73 · הֲ֝בִינֵ֗נִיYour hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.Psalm 119:95 · אֶתְבּוֹנָֽן׃The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.Psalm 119:100 · אֶתְבּוֹנָ֑ןI understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.Psalm 119:104 · אֶתְבּוֹנָ֑ןThrough your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. NUNPsalm 119:125 · הֲבִינֵ֑נִיI am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.Psalm 119:130 · מֵבִ֥יןThe entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.Psalm 119:144 · הֲבִינֵ֥נִיYour testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. KUFPsalm 119:169 · הֲבִינֵֽנִי׃Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. Give me understanding according to your word.Psalm 139:2 · בַּ֥נְתָּהYou know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.Proverbs 1:2 · לְ֝הָבִ֗יןto know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;Proverbs 1:5 · וְ֝נָב֗וֹןthat the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:Proverbs 1:6 · לְהָבִ֣יןto understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.Proverbs 2:5 · תָּ֭בִיןthen you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.Proverbs 2:9 · תָּ֭בִיןThen you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.Proverbs 7:7 · אָ֘בִ֤ינָהI saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,Proverbs 8:5 · הָבִ֣ינוּ · הָבִ֥ינוּYou simple, understand prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart.Proverbs 8:9 · לַמֵּבִ֑יןThey are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.Proverbs 10:13 · נָ֭בוֹןWisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.Proverbs 14:6 · לְנָב֣וֹןA scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.Proverbs 14:8 · הָבִ֣יןThe wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.Proverbs 14:15 · יָבִ֥יןA simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways.Proverbs 14:33 · נָ֭בוֹןWisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.Proverbs 15:14 · נָ֭בוֹןThe heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.Proverbs 16:21 · נָב֑וֹןThe wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.Proverbs 17:10 · בְמֵבִ֑יןA rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.Proverbs 17:24 · מֵבִ֣יןWisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.Proverbs 17:28 · נָבֽוֹן׃Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.Proverbs 18:15 · נָ֭בוֹןThe heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.Proverbs 19:25 · לְ֝נָב֗וֹן · יָבִ֥יןFlog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.Proverbs 20:24 · יָּבִ֥יןA man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?Proverbs 21:29 · יָבִ֬יןA wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.Proverbs 23:1 · בִּ֥ין · תָּ֝בִ֗יןWhen you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;Proverbs 24:12 · יָבִ֗יןIf you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this;” doesn’t he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn’t he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?Proverbs 28:2 · מֵבִ֥יןIn rebellion, a land has many rulers, but order is maintained by a man of understanding and knowledge.Proverbs 28:5 · יָבִ֣ינוּ · יָבִ֥ינוּEvil men don’t understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.Proverbs 28:7 · מֵבִ֑יןWhoever keeps the law is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.Proverbs 28:11 · מֵבִ֣יןThe rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.Proverbs 29:7 · יָבִ֥יןThe righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren’t concerned about knowledge.Proverbs 29:19 · יָ֝בִ֗יןA servant can’t be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.Ecclesiastes 9:11 · לַנְּבֹנִים֙I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.Isaiah 1:3 · הִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib; but Israel doesn’t know, my people don’t consider.”Isaiah 3:3 · וּנְב֥וֹןthe captain of fifty, the honorable man, the counselor, the skilled craftsman, and the clever enchanter.Isaiah 5:21 · נְבֹנִֽים׃Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!Isaiah 6:9 · תָּבִ֔ינוּHe said, “Go, and tell this people, ‘You hear indeed, but don’t understand; and you see indeed, but don’t perceive.’Isaiah 6:10 · יָבִ֛יןMake the heart of this people fat. Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.”Isaiah 10:13 · נְבֻנ֑וֹתִיFor he has said, “By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the boundaries of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures. Like a valiant man I have brought down their rulers.Isaiah 14:16 · יִתְבּוֹנָ֑נוּThose who see you will stare at you. They will ponder you, saying, “Is this the man who made the earth to tremble, who shook kingdoms;Isaiah 28:9 · יָבִ֣יןWhom will he teach knowledge? To whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?Isaiah 28:19 · הָבִ֥יןAs often as it passes through, it will seize you; for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night; and it will be nothing but terror to understand the message.”Isaiah 29:14 · נְבֹנָ֖יוtherefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will be hidden.”Isaiah 29:16 · הֵבִֽין׃You turn things upside down! Should the potter be thought to be like clay; that the thing made should say about him who made it, “He didn’t make me;” or the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding?”Isaiah 32:4 · יָבִ֣יןThe heart of the rash will understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.Isaiah 40:14 · וַיְבִינֵ֔הוּWho did he take counsel with, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?Isaiah 40:21 · הֲבִ֣ינֹתֶ֔םHaven’t you known? Haven’t you heard, yet? Haven’t you been told from the beginning? Haven’t you understood from the foundations of the earth?Isaiah 43:10 · וְתָבִ֙ינוּ֙“You are my witnesses,” says Yahweh, “With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me.Isaiah 43:18 · תִּתְבֹּנָֽנוּ׃“Don’t remember the former things, and don’t consider the things of old.Isaiah 44:18 · יָבִ֑ינוּThey don’t know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can’t see; and their hearts, that they can’t understand.Isaiah 52:15 · הִתְבּוֹנָֽנוּ׃so shall he sprinkle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they understand.Isaiah 56:11 · הָבִ֑יןYes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds who can’t understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.Isaiah 57:1 · מֵבִ֔יןThe righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil.Jeremiah 2:10 · וְהִֽתְבּוֹנְנ֖וּFor pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there has been such a thing.Jeremiah 4:22 · נְבוֹנִ֖ים“For my people are foolish, they don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.”Jeremiah 9:12 · וְיָבֵ֣ןWho is the wise man, that may understand this? Who is he to whom the mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passes through?Jeremiah 9:17 · הִתְבּֽוֹנְנ֛וּThus says Yahweh of Armies, Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skillful women, that they may come:Jeremiah 23:20 · תִּתְבּ֥וֹנְנוּThe anger of Yahweh shall not return, until he has executed, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days you shall understand it perfectly.Jeremiah 30:24 · תִּתְבּ֥וֹנְנוּThe fierce anger of Yahweh will not return, until he has executed, and until he has performed the intentions of his heart. In the latter days you will understand it.Jeremiah 49:7 · מִבָּנִ֔יםOf Edom. Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?Daniel 1:4 · וּמְבִינֵ֣יyouths in whom was no blemish, but well-favored, and skillful in all wisdom, and endowed with knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability to stand in the king’s palace; and that he should teach them the learning and the language of the Chaldeans.Daniel 1:17 · הֵבִ֔יןNow as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.Daniel 8:5 · מֵבִ֗יןAs I was considering, behold, a male goat came from the west over the surface of the whole earth, and didn’t touch the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.Daniel 8:16 · הָבֵ֥ןI heard a man’s voice between the banks of the Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.Daniel 8:17 · הָבֵ֣ןSo he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened, and fell on my face: but he said to me, Understand, son of man; for the vision belongs to the time of the end.Daniel 8:23 · וּמֵבִ֥יןIn the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to the full, a king of fierce face, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.Daniel 8:27 · מֵבִֽין׃ פI, Daniel, fainted, and was sick certain days; then I rose up, and did the king’s business: and I wondered at the vision, but none understood it.Daniel 9:2 · בִּינֹ֖תִיin the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years about which the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years.Daniel 9:22 · וַיָּ֖בֶןHe instructed me, and talked with me, and said, Daniel, I am now come forth to give you wisdom and understanding.Daniel 9:23 · וּבִין֙ · וְהָבֵ֖ןAt the beginning of your petitions the commandment went forth, and I have come to tell you; for you are greatly beloved: therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision.
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