בִּינָה binah

Hebrew word for “understanding” · Strong’s H998 · used 38 times in 38 verses

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Meaning

1) understanding, discernment; 1a) act; 1b) faculty; 1c) object; 1d) personified; Aramaic equivalent: bi.nah (בִּינָה "understanding" H0999)

How it is translated

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

• understanding 33
• discernment 2
• ¿ from understanding 1
• own understanding 1
• understandings 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Job 28 (3), Proverbs 4 (3), 2 Chronicles 2 (2), Job 38 (2), Job 39 (2), Proverbs 9 (2), Proverbs 23 (2), Isaiah 29 (2), Deuteronomy 4 (1), 1 Chronicles 12 (1)

Forms

• בינה 22
• ובינה 5
• לבינה 2
• ובינתכם 1
• מבינתי 1
• בבינה 1
• המבינתך 1
• בינתך 1
• מבינתך 1
• בינת 1

Words used with it

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

• חׇכְמָה chokhmah “wisdom” 16
• בִּין bin “to understand” 6
• מוּסָר musar “discipline” 4
• יָדַע yada “to know” 7
• קָנָה qanah “to buy” 4
• דָּנִיֵּאל daniyyel “Daniel” 3
• חָכָם chakham “wise” 4
• יִרְאָה yirah “fear” 3
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 5
• חוּרָם churam “Hiram” 2
• אַל al “not” 4
• שֵׂכֶל sekhel “understanding” 2

Key verses

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

• Deuteronomy 4:6 — Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely…
• Job 28:28 — And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
• Job 38:4 — Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
• Proverbs 3:5 — Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
• Proverbs 4:1 — Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
• Proverbs 9:6 — Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
• Proverbs 16:16 — How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
• Proverbs 23:23 — Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
• Isaiah 11:2 — And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the…
• Isaiah 27:11 — When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that…
• Isaiah 29:14 — Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall…
• Daniel 10:1 — In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed…

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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.