בִּין bin

Hebrew word for “to understand” · Strong’s H995 · used 170 times in 162 verses

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Meaning

1) to discern, understand, consider;

How it is translated

Glosses given for bin in context, with how often each is used:

• understand 21
• understanding 12
• will understand 11
• understood 7
• discerning person 6
• consider 6
• give understanding 6
• discerning 5
• understands 5
• one who understands 3
• will perceive 3
• will pay attention 3

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 119 (10), Nehemiah 8 (6), Daniel 8 (5), 1 Kings 3 (4), Proverbs 14 (4), Proverbs 28 (4), Daniel 10 (4), Deuteronomy 32 (3), Job 23 (3), Job 32 (3)

Forms

• יבין 20
• מבין 15
• יבינו 11
• נבון 9
• הבין 8
• ויבן 7
• אתבונן 6
• הבינני 6
• ונבון 5
• הבינו 5

Words used with it

Words that share verses with bin more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• יָדַע yada “to know” 34
• חָכָם chakham “wise” 20
• לֵב lev “heart” 18
• דַּעַת daat “knowledge” 11
• חׇכְמָה chokhmah “wisdom” 12
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 14
• דָּנִיֵּאל daniyyel “Daniel” 7
• שָׂכַל sakhal “be prudent” 8
• רָאָה raah “to see” 16
• כְּסִיל kesil “fool” 8
• דָּבָר davar “word” 16
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 15

Key verses

The verses using bin that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Kings 3:9 — Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a…
• 1 Chronicles 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and…
• Ecclesiastes 9:11 — I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of…
• Isaiah 6:9 — And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
• Isaiah 6:10 — Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with…
• Isaiah 44:18 — They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
• Isaiah 56:11 — Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain,…
• Isaiah 57:1 — The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to…
• Jeremiah 4:22 — For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they…
• Jeremiah 49:7 — Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
• Daniel 12:10 — Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
• Hosea 14:9 — Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.