בִּינָה

bîynâh · Hebrew · Strong's H998 · 38 occurrences

The KJV renders 12 different Hebrew and Greek words as “understanding”

What it means

understanding

from H995 (בִּין);

How the KJV renders it

knowledge, meaning, understanding, wisdom

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“understanding”

also renders sýnesis (G4907), phrḗn (G5424), noûs (G3563), diánoia (G1271), ṭaʻam (H2940), lêb (H3820), lêbâb (H3824), mandaʻ (H4486), sekel (H7922), soklᵉthânûw (H7924), tâbûwn (H8394)

“wisdom”

also renders sophía (G4678), phrónēsis (G5428), chokmâh (H2451), chokmâh (H2452), chokmôwth (H2454), ṭᵉʻêm (H2942), lêb (H3820), ʻormâh (H6195), sâkal (H7919), sekel (H7922), tâbûwn (H8394)

“knowledge”

also renders sýnesis (G4907), gnōsis (G1108), bîynâh (H999), dêaʻ (H1843), dêʻâh (H1844), mandaʻ (H4486), sekel (H7922)

“meaning”

also renders dýnamis (G1411), châshôk (H2823)

Where it appears

38 occurrences in the Hebrew text.

1 Chronicles 12:32 HNcfsa1 Chronicles 22:12 HC/Ncfsa2 Chronicles 2:12 HC/Ncfsa2 Chronicles 2:13 HNcfsaDaniel 1:20 HNcfsaDaniel 8:15 HNcfsaDaniel 9:22 HNcfsaDaniel 10:1 HC/NcfsaDeuteronomy 4:6 HC/Ncfsc/Sp2mpIsaiah 11:2 HC/NcfsaIsaiah 27:11 HNcfpaIsaiah 29:14 HC/NcfscIsaiah 29:24 HNcfsaIsaiah 33:19 HNcfsaJeremiah 23:20 HNcfsaJob 20:3 HR/Ncfsc/Sp1csJob 28:12 HNcfsaJob 28:20 HNcfsaJob 28:28 HNcfsaJob 34:16 HNcfsaJob 38:4 HNcfsaJob 38:36 HNcfsaJob 39:17 HRd/NcfsaJob 39:26 HTi/R/Ncfsc/Sp2msProverbs 1:2 HNcfsaProverbs 2:3 HRd/NcfsaProverbs 3:5 HNcfsc/Sp2msProverbs 4:1 HNcfsaProverbs 4:5 HNcfsaProverbs 4:7 HNcfsaProverbs 7:4 HRd/NcfsaProverbs 8:14 HNcfsaProverbs 9:6 HNcfsaProverbs 9:10 HNcfsaProverbs 16:16 HNcfsaProverbs 23:4 HR/Ncfsc/Sp2msProverbs 23:23 HC/NcfsaProverbs 30:2 HNcfsc

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.