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Lexicon :: Strong's H998 - bînâ

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בִּינָה
Transliteration
bînâ
Pronunciation
bee-naw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 239b

Strong’s Definitions

בִּינָה bîynâh, bee-naw'; from H995; understanding:—knowledge, meaning, × perfectly, understanding, wisdom.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x

The KJV translates Strong's H998 in the following manner: understanding (32x), wisdom (2x), knowledge (1x), meaning (1x), perfectly (1x), understand (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x
The KJV translates Strong's H998 in the following manner: understanding (32x), wisdom (2x), knowledge (1x), meaning (1x), perfectly (1x), understand (1x).

  1. understanding, discernment

    1. act

    2. faculty

    3. object

    4. personified

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בִּינָה bîynâh, bee-naw'; from H995; understanding:—knowledge, meaning, × perfectly, understanding, wisdom.
STRONGS H998: Abbreviations
† בִּינָה noun feminine understanding 1 Chronicles 12:32 + 28 times; construct בִּינַת Proverbs 30:2; Isaiah 29:14; suffix בִּינָתִי Job 20:3 + 4 times; plural בִּינוֺת Isaiah 27:11; —
1. the act Isaiah 33:19; Jeremiah 23:20; Daniel 1:20; Daniel 8:15; Daniel 9:22; Daniel 10:1.
2. the faculty Job 20:3; Job 39:26; Proverbs 3:5; Proverbs 23:4; Proverbs 30:2; Isaiah 27:11; קנה בינה get understanding Proverbs 4:5, 7; Proverbs 16:16.
3. the object of knowledge Deuteronomy 4:6; 1 Chronicles 22:12; Job 28:12, 20, 28; Job 34:16; Job 38:36; Job 39:17; Proverbs 9:6, 10; Proverbs 23:23; Isaiah 11:2; Isaiah 29:14; יָדַע בִינָה 1 Chronicles 12:32; 2 Chronicles 2:11; 2 Chronicles 2:12; Job 38:4; Proverbs 1:2; Proverbs 4:1; Isaiah 29:24.
4. personified Proverbs 2:8; Proverbs 7:4; Proverbs 8:14.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H999.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

4:6

1 Chronicles

12:32; 12:32; 22:12

2 Chronicles

2:11; 2:12

Job

20:3; 20:3; 28:12; 28:20; 28:28; 34:16; 38:4; 38:36; 39:17; 39:26

Proverbs

1:2; 2:8; 3:5; 4:1; 4:5; 4:7; 7:4; 8:14; 9:6; 9:10; 16:16; 23:4; 23:23; 30:2; 30:2

Isaiah

11:2; 27:11; 27:11; 29:14; 29:14; 29:24; 33:19

Jeremiah

23:20

Daniel

1:20; 8:15; 9:22; 10:1

H998

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H998 matches the Hebrew בִּינָה (bînâ),
which occurs 38 times in 38 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:6 - and ye have kept and done them (for it is your wisdom and your understanding) before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these statutes, and they have said, Only, a people wise and understanding is this great nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:32 - And of the sons of Issachar, having understanding for the times, to know what Israel should do; their heads are two hundred, and all their brethren are at their command.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:12 - Only, Jehovah give to thee wisdom and understanding, and charge thee concerning Israel, even to keep the law of Jehovah thy God;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:12 - And Huram saith, 'Blessed is Jehovah, God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, knowing wisdom and understanding, who doth build a house for Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:13 - 'And now, I have sent a wise man having understanding, of Huram my father,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:3 - The chastisement of my shame I hear, And the spirit of mine understanding Doth cause me to answer:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:12 - And the wisdom -- whence is it found? And where is this, the place of understanding?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:20 - And the wisdom -- whence doth it come? And where is this, the place of understanding?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:28 - And He saith to man: -- 'Lo, fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to turn from evil is understanding.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:16 - And if there is understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:4 - Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:36 - Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom? Or who hath given To the covered part understanding?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:17 - For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:26 - By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:2 - For knowing wisdom and instruction, For understanding sayings of intelligence,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:3 - For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:5 - Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:1 - Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:5 - Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:7 - The first thing is wisdom -- get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:4 - Say to wisdom, 'My sister Thou art.' And cry to understanding, 'Kinswoman!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:14 - Mine is counsel and substance, I am understanding, I have might.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:6 - Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:10 - The commencement of wisdom is the fear of Jehovah, And a knowledge of the Holy Ones is understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:16 - To get wisdom -- how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:4 - Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:23 - Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:2 - For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:2 - Rested on him hath the Spirit of Jehovah, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and might, The spirit of knowledge and fear of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:11 - In the withering of its branch it is broken off, Women are coming in setting it on fire, For it is not a people of understanding, Therefore pity it not doth its Maker, And its Former doth not favour it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:14 - Therefore, lo, I am adding to do wonderfully with this people, A wonder, and a marvel, And perished hath the wisdom of its wise ones, And the understanding of its intelligent ones hideth itself.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:24 - And the erring in spirit have known understanding, And murmurers learn doctrine!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:19 - The strong people thou seest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:20 - The anger of Jehovah doth not turn back Till His doing, and till His establishing, The thoughts of His heart, In the latter end of the days ye attend to it With understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:20 - and in any matter of wisdom and understanding that the king hath sought of them, he findeth them ten hands above all the scribes, the enchanters, who are in all his kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:15 - 'And it cometh to pass in my seeing -- I, Daniel -- the vision, that I require understanding, and lo, standing over-against me is as the appearance of a mighty one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:22 - And he giveth understanding, and speaketh with me, and saith, 'O Daniel, now I have come forth to cause thee to consider understanding wisely;

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:1 - In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a thing is revealed to Daniel, whose name is called Belteshazzar, and the thing is true, and the warfare is great: and he hath understood the thing, and hath understanding about the appearance.
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