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Lexicon :: Strong's H995 - bîn

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בִּין
Transliteration
bîn
Pronunciation
bene
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 239

Strong’s Definitions

בִּין bîyn, bene; a primitive root; to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand:—attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 170x

The KJV translates Strong's H995 in the following manner: understand (62x), understanding (32x), consider (22x), prudent (8x), perceive (7x), regard (6x), discern (3x), instruct (3x), miscellaneous (27x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 170x
The KJV translates Strong's H995 in the following manner: understand (62x), understanding (32x), consider (22x), prudent (8x), perceive (7x), regard (6x), discern (3x), instruct (3x), miscellaneous (27x).

  1. to discern, understand, consider

    1. (Qal)

      1. to perceive, discern

      2. to understand, know (with the mind)

      3. to observe, mark, give heed to, distinguish, consider

      4. to have discernment, insight, understanding

    2. (Niphal) to be discerning, intelligent, discreet, have understanding

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to understand

      2. to cause to understand, give understanding, teach

    4. (Hithpolel) to show oneself discerning or attentive, consider diligently

    5. (Polel) to teach, instruct

  2. (TWOT) prudent, regard

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בִּין bîyn, bene; a primitive root; to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand:—attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
STRONGS H995: Abbreviations
† בִּין verb discern (NöZMG 1883, 592 f.; Arabic bdb010607 become separated, be distinct, IV. speak perspicuously; Ethiopic bdb010608 1. 2 consider, perceive, Aramaic bdb010609 make to understand, compare Sabean בין (the) wise, as epithet, MordtZMG 1876, 37) —
Qal Perfect בִּין Daniel 10:1; בַּנְתָּה Psalm 139:2; בִּינֹתִי Daniel 9:2; Imperfect יָבִין Psalm 19:13 + 25 times וְיָבֵן Jeremiah 9:11 + 2 times, וַיָּבֶן 1 Samuel 3:8 + 2 times; אָבִינָה Psalm 73:17 + 4 times; יָבִינוּ Proverbs 28:5 + 12 times; Imperative בִּין Daniel 9:23; בִּינָה Psalm 5:2; בִּינוּ Deuteronomy 32:7 + 2 times; Infinitive absolute בִּין Proverbs 23:1; Participle בָּנִים Jeremiah 49:7; —
1. perceive (with the senses); —
a. eyes, accusative Proverbs 7:7, with לְ Job 9:11; Job 14:21; Job 23:8; Proverbs 14:15.
b. ears, accusative Proverbs 29:19, with לְ Job 13:1.
c. touch, accusative Psalm 58:10.
d. taste, acc. Job 6:30.
2. understand, know (with mind): —
a. absolute Job 18:2; Job 38:20; Job 42:3; Psalm 49:21; Psalm 82:5; Proverbs 24:12; Isaiah 6:9, 10; Isaiah 44:18; Daniel 12:10; Hosea 4:14; Hosea 14:10; שׁמעתי ולא אבין I heard but I could not understand Daniel 12:8.
b. accusative Job 15:9; Job 23:5; Job 36:29; Proverbs 2:5, 9; Proverbs 20:24; Proverbs 28:5; Psalm 19:13; Psalm 92:7; Jeremiah 9:11; יבין משׁפט Job 32:9; Proverbs 28:5; יבין דעת Proverbs 29:7.
c. with כִּי 1 Samuel 3:8; 2 Samuel 12:19; Isaiah 43:10.
d. with infinitive & לְ, יבין לָדָֽעַת Isaiah 32:4
3. observe, mark, give heed to, distinguish, consider (with attention): —
a. accusative Deuteronomy 32:7; Psalm 5:2; Psalm 50:22; Psalm 94:7; Psalm 94:8; Proverbs 23:1; Proverbs 21:29 (Qr) Daniel 9:2; Daniel 10:1.
b. with לְ, Psalm 73:17; Psalm 139:2; Deuteronomy 32:29.
c. with בְּ, Ezra 8:15; Nehemiah 13:7; Daniel 9:23.
d. with אל, Psalm 28:5.
e. with עַל, Daniel 11:30, 37.
4. have discernment, insight, understanding Jeremiah 49:7.
Niph. נְבֻנוֺתִי Isaiah 10:12; Participle נָבוֺן Genesis 41:33 + 15 times; plural נְבוֺנִים Jeremiah 4:22, elsewhere נְבֹנִים Deuteronomy 1:13; Isaiah 5:22 (Baer) Ecclesiastes 9:11; נְבֹנָיו Isaiah 29:14; be intelligent, discreet, discerning, have understanding 1 Samuel 16:18; Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 10:13; Proverbs 14:6; Proverbs 16:21; Proverbs 17:28; Proverbs 19:25; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Isaiah 3:3; Isaiah 5:21; Isaiah 10:13; Isaiah 29:14; Jeremiah 4:22; Hosea 14:10; לֵב נָבוֺן intelligent mind Proverbs 14:33; Proverbs 15:14; Proverbs 18:15; נָבוֺן וְחָכָם Genesis 41:33, 39; חכם ונבון Deuteronomy 4:6; 1 Kings 3:12; חכמים ונבנים Deuteronomy 1:13.
Po. יְבוֺנְַנֵהוּ he attentively considereth him Deuteronomy 32:10.
Hiph. Perfect הֵבִין Job 28:33 + 5 times; Imperfect יָבִין Isaiah 28:9 + 4 times; וַיָּבֶן 2 Chronicles 11:23; Daniel 9:22; Infinitive הָבִין Psalm 32:9 + 9 times; Imperative הָבֵן Daniel 8:16 + 12 times; Participle מֵבִין Proverbs 28:7 + 26 times; —
1. understand: —
a. absolute Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 40:21; Isaiah 56:11; 1 Kings 3:11; Psalm 32:9; Daniel 8:17; Daniel 10:12.
b. accusative 1 Chronicles 28:9; Job 28:23; Proverbs 1:2, 6; Proverbs 8:5; Proverbs 14:8; Isaiah 28:19; Daniel 8:23; Micah 4:12; מֵבִין one with understanding Proverbs 8:9; Proverbs 17:10, 24; Proverbs 28:2, 7, 11; מְבִינֵי מַדָּע Daniel 1:4; able to understand (i.e. old enough) Nehemiah 8:3; Nehemiah 10:29, compare Nehemiah 8:2 (followed by לִשׁמֹעַ).
2. give heed to, attend to, observe, discern, absolute Isaiah 57:1; 2 Chronicles 11:23; Daniel 8:5; with בְּ Nehemiah 8:12; Daniel 9:23; Daniel 10:11; מֵבִין בְּ skilled in 2 Chronicles 26:5; 34:12; with אֶל Psalm 33:15; בין טוב לרע 1 Kings 3:9.
3. give understanding make understand, teach: —
a. absolute Daniel 8:27; Daniel 9:22.
b. with accusative of person Psalm 119:34; Psalm 119:73; Psalm 119:125; Psalm 119:130; Psalm 119:144; Psalm 119:169; Job 32:8; Nehemiah 8:7, 9; Isaiah 40:14.
c. with לְ person H4000 2 Chronicles 35:3; Daniel 11:33; with לְ person & accusative of thing Job 6:24; Daniel 8:16.
d. בְּ of thing Nehemiah 8:8, + accusative of person Daniel 1:17.
e. double accusative Isaiah 28:9; Psalm 119:27; Daniel 10:14; מֵבִין teacher 1 Chronicles 15:22; 1 Chronicles 25:7, 8; 1 Chronicles 27:32; Ezra 8:16.
Hithp. Perfect הִתְבּוֺנָ֑ן Isaiah 1:3 + 6 times; Imperfect אֶתְבּוֺנֵן Job 23:15 + 3 times; אֶתְבּוֺנָ֑ן Job 32:12 + 5 times; יִתְבּוֺנְנוּ Psalm 107:43 + 2 times; יִתְבּוֺנָ֑נוּ Isaiah 14:16; Isaiah 43:18.
1. shew oneself attentive, consider diligently: —
a. absolute Job 11:11; Job 23:15; Isaiah 1:3; Jeremiah 2:10; Jeremiah 9:16.
b. accusative Job 37:14; Psalm 107:43; Psalm 119:95; Isaiah 43:18; Isaiah 52:15.
c. with אֶל 1 Kings 3:21; Isaiah 14:16.
d. with עַל Job 31:1; Psalm 37:10
e. with עד Job 32:12; Job 38:18.
f. with בְּ Job 30:20; Jeremiah 23:20 (= Jeremiah 30:24).
2. get understanding, understand Job 26:14; Psalm 119:104.
3..shew oneself to have understanding Psalm 119:100
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:33; 41:33; 41:39

Deuteronomy

1:13; 1:13; 4:6; 32:7; 32:7; 32:10; 32:29

1 Samuel

3:8; 3:8; 16:18

2 Samuel

12:19

1 Kings

3:9; 3:11; 3:12; 3:21

1 Chronicles

15:22; 25:7; 25:8; 27:32; 28:9

2 Chronicles

11:23; 11:23; 26:5; 34:12; 35:3

Ezra

8:15; 8:16

Nehemiah

8:2; 8:3; 8:7; 8:8; 8:9; 8:12; 10:29; 13:7

Job

6:24; 6:30; 9:11; 11:11; 13:1; 14:21; 15:9; 18:2; 23:5; 23:8; 23:15; 23:15; 26:14; 28:23; 30:20; 31:1; 32:8; 32:9; 32:12; 32:12; 36:29; 37:14; 38:18; 38:20; 42:3

Psalms

5:2; 5:2; 19:13; 19:13; 28:5; 32:9; 32:9; 33:15; 37:10; 50:22; 58:10; 73:17; 73:17; 82:5; 92:7; 94:7; 94:8; 107:43; 107:43; 119:27; 119:34; 119:73; 119:95; 119:100; 119:104; 119:125; 119:130; 119:144; 119:169; 139:2; 139:2

Proverbs

1:2; 1:5; 1:6; 2:5; 2:9; 7:7; 8:5; 8:9; 10:13; 14:6; 14:8; 14:15; 14:33; 15:14; 16:21; 17:10; 17:24; 17:28; 18:15; 19:25; 20:24; 21:29; 23:1; 23:1; 24:12; 28:2; 28:5; 28:5; 28:5; 28:7; 28:7; 28:11; 29:7; 29:19

Ecclesiastes

9:11; 9:11

Isaiah

1:3; 1:3; 3:3; 5:21; 5:22; 6:9; 6:10; 10:12; 10:13; 14:16; 14:16; 28:9; 28:9; 28:19; 29:14; 29:14; 29:16; 32:4; 40:14; 40:21; 43:10; 43:18; 43:18; 44:18; 52:15; 56:11; 57:1

Jeremiah

2:10; 4:22; 4:22; 9:11; 9:11; 9:16; 23:20; 30:24; 49:7; 49:7

Daniel

1:4; 1:17; 8:5; 8:16; 8:16; 8:17; 8:23; 8:27; 9:2; 9:2; 9:22; 9:22; 9:23; 9:23; 9:23; 10:1; 10:1; 10:11; 10:12; 10:14; 11:30; 11:33; 11:37; 12:8; 12:10

Hosea

4:14

Micah

4:12

H995

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Strong's Number H995 matches the Hebrew בִּין (bîn),
which occurs 26 times in 26 verses in 'Psa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:1 - To the Overseer, 'Concerning the Inheritances.' -- A Psalm of David. My sayings hear, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:12 - Errors! who doth understand? From hidden ones declare me innocent,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:5 - For they attend not to the doing of Jehovah, And unto the work of His hands. He throweth them down, And doth not build them up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:9 - Be ye not as a horse -- as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:15 - Who is forming their hearts together, Who is attending unto all their works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:10 - And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:20 - Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:22 - Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9 - Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:17 - Till I come in to the sanctuaries of God, I attend to their latter end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:5 - They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:6 - A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; --

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:7 - And they say, 'Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:8 - Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:43 - Who is wise, and observeth these? They understand the kind acts of Jehovah!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:27 - The way of Thy precepts cause me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:34 - Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:73

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:73 - Yod. Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:95

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:95 - Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:100

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:100 - Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:104

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:104 - From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:125

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:125 - Thy servant am I -- cause me to understand, And I know Thy testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:130

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:130 - The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:144

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:144 - The righteousness of Thy testimonies is to Cause me to understand, and I live!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:169

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:169 - Taw. My loud cry cometh near before Thee, O Jehovah; According to Thy word cause me to understand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:2 - Thou -- Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.
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