בִּינָה
bîynâh · bee-naw'
understanding
Lexicon
Derivation: from H995 (בִּין);
understanding
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: knowledge, meaning, [idiom] perfectly, understanding, wisdom.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
The house, what is within of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בִּינָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
38 occurrences · 38 OT · 0 NT · 27 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and understanding6 · 16%
- understanding6 · 16%
- of understanding4 · 11%
- is understanding2 · 5%
- and your understanding1 · 3%
- which were men that had understanding1 · 3%
- with understanding1 · 3%
- of my understanding1 · 3%
- if now thou hast understanding1 · 3%
- to her understanding1 · 3%
- by thy wisdom1 · 3%
- after knowledge1 · 3%
- not unto thine own understanding1 · 3%
- get understanding1 · 3%
- i am understanding1 · 3%
- from thine own wisdom1 · 3%
- and have not the understanding1 · 3%
- of no understanding1 · 3%
- and the understanding1 · 3%
- to understanding1 · 3%
- that thou canst not understand1 · 3%
- it perfectly1 · 3%
- for the meaning1 · 3%
- and had understanding1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.