1) understanding, discernment 1a) act 1b) faculty 1c) object 1d) personified Aramaic equivalent: bi.nah (בִּינָה "understanding" H0999)
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H998 — בִּינָה
bi.nah · understanding · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Deuteronomy 4:6 · וּבִ֣ינַתְכֶ֔םKeep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.1 Chronicles 12:32 · בִינָה֙And of the children of Issachar, men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.1 Chronicles 22:12 · וּבִינָ֔הOnly Jehovah give thee discretion and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel; that so thou mayest keep the law of Jehovah thy God.2 Chronicles 2:12 · וּבִינָ֔הHuram said moreover, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.2 Chronicles 2:13 · בִּינָ֖הAnd now I have sent a skilful man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,Job 20:3 · מִֽבִּינָתִ֥יI have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.Job 28:12 · בִּינָֽה׃But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?Job 28:20 · בִּינָֽה׃Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?Job 28:28 · בִּינָֽה׃ סAnd unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.Job 34:16 · בִּ֥ינָהIf now thou hast understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words.Job 38:4 · בִינָֽה׃Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.Job 38:36 · בִינָֽה׃Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?Job 39:17 · בַּבִּינָֽה׃Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.Job 39:26 · הֲֽ֭מִבִּינָ֣תְךָIs it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, And stretcheth her wings toward the south?Proverbs 1:2 · בִינָֽה׃To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding;Proverbs 2:3 · לַבִּינָ֣הYea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;Proverbs 3:5 · בִּֽ֝ינָתְךָ֗Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:Proverbs 4:1 · בִּינָֽה׃Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:Proverbs 4:5 · בִינָ֑הGet wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;Proverbs 4:7 · בִינָֽה׃Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.Proverbs 7:4 · לַבִּינָ֥הSay unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding thy kinswoman:Proverbs 8:14 · בִ֝ינָ֗הCounsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might.Proverbs 9:6 · בִּינָֽה׃Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.Proverbs 9:10 · בִּינָֽה׃The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.Proverbs 16:16 · בִּ֝ינָ֗הHow much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.Proverbs 23:4 · מִֽבִּינָתְךָ֥Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.Proverbs 23:23 · וּבִינָֽה׃Buy the truth, and sell it not; Yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.Proverbs 30:2 · בִינַ֖תSurely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man;Isaiah 11:2 · וּבִינָ֗הAnd the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah.Isaiah 27:11 · בִּינוֹת֙When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.Isaiah 29:14 · וּבִינַ֥תtherefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.Isaiah 29:24 · בִּינָ֑הThey also that err in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmur shall receive instruction.Isaiah 33:19 · בִּינָֽה׃Thou shalt not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that thou canst not comprehend, of a strange tongue that thou canst not understand.Jeremiah 23:20 · בִּינָֽה׃The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall understand it perfectly.Daniel 1:20 · בִּינָ֔הAnd in every matter of wisdom and understanding, concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters that were in all his realm.Daniel 8:15 · בִינָ֔הAnd it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, that I sought to understand it; and, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.Daniel 9:22 · בִינָֽה׃And he instructed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee wisdom and understanding.Daniel 10:1 · וּבִ֥ינָהIn the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, even a great warfare: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.