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Lexicon :: Strong's H998 - bînâ

Aa
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 BoxDeu 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:6 - So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:32 - And of the children of Issachar, there were two hundred chiefs, men who had expert knowledge of the times and what it was best for Israel to do, and all their brothers were under their orders.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:12 - Only may the Lord give you wisdom, and knowledge of his orders for Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:12 - And Huram said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, maker of heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, full of wisdom and good sense, to be the builder of a house for the Lord and a house for himself as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:13 - And now I am sending you a wise and expert man, Huram who is as my father,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:3 - I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:12 - But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:20 - From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:28 - And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:16 - If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:4 - Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:36 - Who has put wisdom in the high clouds, or given knowledge to the lights of the north?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:17 - For God has taken wisdom from her mind, and given her no measure of knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:26 - Is it through your knowledge that the hawk takes his flight, stretching out his wings to the south?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:2 - To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:3 - Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:5 - Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:1 - Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:5 - Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:7 - The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:4 - Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:14 - Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:6 - Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:10 - The fear of the Lord is the start of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One gives a wise mind

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:16 - How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:4 - Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:23 - Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:2 - For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:2 - And the spirit of the Lord will be resting on him, the spirit of wisdom and good sense, the spirit of wise guiding and strength, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:11 - When its branches are dry they will be broken off; the women will come and put fire to them: for it is a foolish people; for this cause he who made them will have no mercy on them, and he whose work they are will not have pity on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:14 - For this cause I will again do a strange thing among this people, a thing to be wondered at: and the wisdom of their wise men will come to nothing, and the sense of their guides will no longer be seen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:24 - Those whose hearts were turned away from him will get knowledge, and those who made an outcry against him will give attention to his teaching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:19 - Never again will you see the cruel people, a people whose tongue has no sense for you; whose language is strange to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:20 - The wrath of the Lord will not be turned back till he has done, till he has put into effect, the purposes of his heart: in days to come you will have full knowledge of this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:20 - And in any business needing wisdom and good sense, about which the king put questions to them, he saw that they were ten times better than all the wonder-workers and users of secret arts in all his kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:15 - And it came about that when I, Daniel, had seen this vision, I had a desire for the sense of it to be unfolded; and I saw one before me in the form of a man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:22 - And teaching me and talking to me he said, O Daniel, I have come now to give you wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:1 - In the third year of Cyrus, king of Persia, a secret was unfolded to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, even a hard work: and he had knowledge of it, and the vision was clear to him.
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