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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 - Keep therefore H8104 and do H6213 them; for H3588 this H1931 is your wisdom H2451 and your understanding H998 in the sight H5869 of the nations, H5971 which H834 shall hear H8085 all H3605 these H428 statutes, H2706 and say, H559 Surely H7535 this H2088 great H1419 nation H1471 is a H5971➔ wise H2450 and understanding H995 people. ➔H5971

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:32 - And of the children H1121 of Issachar, H3485 which were men that had understanding H3045 H998 of the times, H6256 to know H3045 what H4100 Israel H3478 ought to do; H6213 the heads of them H7218 were two hundred; H3967 and all H3605 their brethren H251 were at H5921 their commandment. H6310

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:12 - Only H389 the LORD H3068 give H5414 thee wisdom H7922 and understanding, H998 and give thee charge H6680 concerning H5921 Israel, H3478 that thou mayest keep H8104 the law H8451 of the LORD H3068 thy God. H430

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:12 - Huram H2361 said moreover, H559 Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel, H3478 that H834 made H6213 heaven H8064 and H853 earth, H776 who H834 hath given H5414 to David H1732 the king H4428 a H1121➔ wise H2450 son, ➔H1121 endued H3045 with prudence H7922 and understanding, H998 that H834 might build H1129 an house H1004 for the LORD, H3068 and an house H1004 for his kingdom. H4438

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:13 - And now H6258 I have sent H7971 a H376➔ cunning H2450 man, ➔H376 endued H3045 with understanding, H998 of Huram H2361 my father's, H1

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:3 - I have heard H8085 the check H4148 of my reproach, H3639 and the spirit H7307 of my understanding H998 causeth me to answer. H6030

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:12 - But H2451➔ where H370 shall H4672➔ wisdom ➔H2451 be found? ➔H4672 and where H335 is the place H4725 of understanding? H998

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:20 - Whence H370 then H2451➔ cometh H935 wisdom? ➔H2451 and where H335 is the place H4725 of understanding? H998

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:28 - And H559➔ unto man H120 he said, ➔H559 Behold, H2005 the fear H3374 of the Lord, H136 that H1931 is wisdom; H2451 and to depart H5493 from evil H7451 is understanding. H998

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:16 - If now H518 thou hast understanding, H998 hear H8085 this: H2063 hearken H238 to the voice H6963 of my words. H4405

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:4 - Where H375 wast thou H1961 when I laid the foundations H3245 of the earth? H776 declare, H5046 if H518 thou hast H3045 understanding. H998

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:36 - Who H4310 hath put H7896 wisdom H2451 in the inward parts? H2910 or H176 who H4310 hath given H5414 understanding H998 to the heart? H7907

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:17 - Because H3588 God H433 hath deprived her H5382 of wisdom, H2451 neither H3808 hath he imparted H2505 to her understanding. H998

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:26 - Doth H82➔ the hawk H5322 fly ➔H82 by thy wisdom, H998 and stretch H6566 her wings H3671 toward the south? H8486

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:2 - To know H3045 wisdom H2451 and instruction; H4148 to perceive H995 the words H561 of understanding; H998

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:3 - Yea, H3588 if H518 thou criest H7121 after knowledge, H998 and liftest up H5414 thy voice H6963 for understanding; H8394

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:5 - Trust H982 in H413 the LORD H3068 with all H3605 thine heart; H3820 and H413➔ lean H8172 not H408 unto ➔H413 thine own understanding. H998

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:1 - Hear, H8085 ye children, H1121 the instruction H4148 of a father, H1 and attend H7181 to know H3045 understanding. H998

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:5 - Get H7069 wisdom, H2451 get H7069 understanding: H998 forget H7911 it not; H408 neither H408 decline H5186 from the words H561 of my mouth. H6310

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:7 - Wisdom H2451 is the principal thing; H7225 therefore get H7069 wisdom: H2451 and with all H3605 thy getting H7075 get H7069 understanding. H998

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:4 - Say H559 unto wisdom, H2451 Thou H859 art my sister; H269 and H4129➔ call H7121 understanding H998 thy kinswoman: ➔H4129

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:14 - Counsel H6098 is mine, H589 and sound wisdom: H8454 I H589 am understanding; H998 I have H589 strength. H1369

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:6 - Forsake H5800 the foolish, H6612 and live; H2421 and go H833 in the way H1870 of understanding. H998

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:10 - The fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 is the beginning H8462 of wisdom: H2451 and the knowledge H1847 of the holy H6918 is understanding. H998

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:16 - How much H4100 better H2896 is it to get H7069 wisdom H2451 than gold! H2742 and to get H7069 understanding H998 rather to be chosen H977 than silver! H3701

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:4 - Labour H3021 not H408 to be rich: H6238 cease H2308 from thine own wisdom. H998

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:23 - Buy H7069 the truth, H571 and H408➔ sell H4376 it not; ➔H408 also wisdom, H2451 and instruction, H4148 and understanding. H998

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:2 - Surely H3588 I H595 am more brutish H1198 than H376➔ any man, ➔H376 and H3808➔ have H589 not ➔H3808 the understanding H998 of a man. H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:2 - And H5117➔ the spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 shall rest ➔H5117 upon him, H5921 the spirit H7307 of wisdom H2451 and understanding, H998 the spirit H7307 of counsel H6098 and might, H1369 the spirit H7307 of knowledge H1847 and of the fear H3374 of the LORD; H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:11 - When H3001➔ the boughs thereof H7105 are withered, ➔H3001 they shall be broken off: H7665 the women H802 come, H935 and set H215➔ them H853 on fire: ➔H215 for H3588 it H1931 is a people H5971 of H998➔ no H3808 understanding: ➔ H998 therefore H5921 H3651 he that made them H6213 will H7355➔ not H3808 have mercy on them, ➔H7355 and he that formed them H3335 will shew them H2603➔ no H3808 favour. ➔H2603

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:14 - Therefore, H3651 behold, I H2005 will proceed H3254 to do a marvellous work H6381 among H5971➔ this H2088 people, ➔H5971 even a marvellous work H6381 and a wonder: H6382 for H6➔ the wisdom H2451 of their wise H2450 men shall perish, ➔H6 and the understanding H998 of their prudent H995 men shall be hid. H5641

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:24 - They also H3045➔ that erred H8582 in spirit H7307 shall come to ➔H3045 understanding, H998 and they that murmured H7279 shall learn H3925 doctrine. H3948

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:19 - Thou shalt H7200➔ not H3808 see ➔H7200 a H5971➔ fierce H3267 people, ➔H5971 a people H5971 of a H8193➔ deeper H6012 speech ➔H8193 than thou canst perceive; H8085 of a H3956➔ stammering H3932 tongue, ➔H3956 that thou canst not H369 understand. H998

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:20 - The anger H639 of the LORD H3068 shall H7725➔ not H3808 return, ➔H7725 until H5704 he have executed, H6213 and till H5704 he have performed H6965 the thoughts H4209 of his heart: H3820 in H319➔ the H3117➔ latter ➔H319 days ➔H3117 ye shall consider H995 it perfectly. H998

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:20 - And in all H3605 matters H1697 of wisdom H2451 and understanding, H998 that H834 the king H4428 enquired H1245 of them, H1992 he found them H4672 ten H6235 times H3027 better than H5921 all H3605 the magicians H2748 and astrologers H825 that H834 were in all H3605 his realm. H4438

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:15 - And it came to pass, H1961 when I, H7200➔ even I H589 Daniel, H1840 had seen ➔H7200 the vision, H2377 and sought H1245 for the meaning, H998 then, behold, H2009 there stood H5975 before me H5048 as the appearance H4758 of a man. H1397

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:22 - And he informed H995 me, and talked H1696 with me, H5973 and said, H559 O Daniel, H1840 I am H3318➔ now H6258 come forth ➔H3318 to give thee skill H7919 and understanding. H998

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:1 - In the H8141➔ third H7969 year ➔H8141 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539 a thing H1697 was revealed H1540 unto Daniel, H1840 whose H834 name H8034 was called H7121 Belteshazzar; H1095 and H571➔ the thing H1697 was true, ➔H571 but the time appointed H6635 was long: H1419 and he understood H995 the thing, H1697 and H998➔ had understanding ➔ H998 of the vision. H4758
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