בִּינָה

bi.nah · understanding

Hebrew · Strong's H998 · Noun · Sounds like: bee-naw' · 38 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

from בִּין; understanding; knowledge, meaning, [idiom] perfectly, understanding, wisdom.

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Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
בִּינָה n.f. understanding
1. the act
2. the faculty
3. the object of knowledge
4. personified

Every occurrence

  1. Proverbs 1:2 בִינָֽה׃ vi.Nah · A person, place or thing

    To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding;

  2. Proverbs 2:3 לַבִּינָ֣ה la.bi.Nah · A person, place or thing

    Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;

  3. Proverbs 3:5 בִּֽ֝ינָתְךָ֗ bi.na.te.kha · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

  4. Proverbs 4:1 בִּינָֽה׃ bi.Nah · A person, place or thing

    Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:

  5. Proverbs 4:5 בִינָ֑ה vi.Nah · A person, place or thing

    Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;

  6. Proverbs 4:7 בִינָֽה׃ vi.Nah · A person, place or thing

    Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

  7. Proverbs 7:4 לַבִּינָ֥ה la.bi.Nah · A person, place or thing

    Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding thy kinswoman:

  8. Proverbs 8:14 בִ֝ינָ֗ה vi.Nah · A person, place or thing

    Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might.

  9. Proverbs 9:6 בִּינָֽה׃ bi.Nah · A person, place or thing

    Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.

  10. Proverbs 9:10 בִּינָֽה׃ bi.Nah · A person, place or thing

    The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

  11. Proverbs 16:16 בִּ֝ינָ֗ה bi.Nah · A person, place or thing

    How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

  12. Proverbs 23:4 מִֽבִּינָתְךָ֥ mi.bi.na.te.Kha · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.

  13. Proverbs 23:23 וּבִינָֽה׃ u.vi.Nah · A person, place or thing

    Buy the truth, and sell it not; Yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

  14. Proverbs 30:2 בִינַ֖ת vi.Nat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man;

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