bin H995

בִּין (bin) means “to understand” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

בִּין Hebrew · H995 170 tagged occurrences in 162 verses

Pronunciation guide: bene Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H0995

בִּין · bin · to understand

1) to discern, understand, consider 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to perceive, discern 1a2) to understand, know (with the mind) 1a3) to observe, mark, give heed to, distinguish, consider 1a4) to have discernment, insight, understanding 1b) (Niphal) to be discerning, intelligent, discreet, have understanding 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to understand 1c2) to cause to understand, give understanding, teach 1d) (Hithpolel) to show oneself discerning or attentive, consider diligently 1e) (Polel) to teach, instruct 2) (TWOT) prudent, regard

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand

KJV glosses: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).

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How translators render H995

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
understand	9
understanding	8
give me understanding	5
and consider	4
of the discerning	4
a discerning	3
and understand	3
consider	3
and discerning	2
consider carefully	2
discern	2
regard	2
skilled	2
take note	2
to the discerning	2
to understand	2
understood	2
will understand	2
you will discern	2
you will understand	2
a man of discernment	1
and clever	1
and he will gain	1
and show favor	1
and skillful	1
and the clever	1
and the discerning	1
and they will understand	1
and those who could understand	1
and to discern	1
and understanding	1
and understands	1
and understood	1
and when i searched	1
as discerning	1
as well as the teachers	1
attention	1
but i will ponder	1
but when i examined him	1
by understanding	1
can discern	1
can feel	1
can understand	1
comprehend	1
consider it	1
considers	1
contemplating all this	1
could i gaze with desire	1
discerning	1
discernment	1
do you know	1
eloquent	1
enough to understand	1
explain	1
find	1
for comprehending	1
for discernment	1
from the prudent	1
gain understanding	1
had insight	1
have you surveyed	1
he considers	1
he instructed him	1
he instructed me	1
he understands	1
he will show no regard	1
help me understand	1
highly skilled	1
i am clever	1
i discern	1
i gain understanding	1
i noticed	1
i paid you full attention	1
instructed	1
is he explaining	1
is to discern	1
it informs	1
learn	1
let him understand	1
make clear to me	1
of insight	1
of the intelligent	1
of understanding	1
or understand	1
pays no heed	1
perceived	1
realized	1
recognize	1
rehoboam also acted wisely	1
show some sense	1
so consider	1
so that the people could understand	1
take notice	1
teacher	1
that gives him understanding	1
the discerning man	1
the understanding	1
then i discerned	1
then i discovered	1
they understood	1
they will ponder	1
they would comprehend	1
though you look	1
to enlighten him	1
to explain to you	1
to the intelligent	1
understands	1
was given to him	1
watches	1
what do you understand	1
when i consider this	1
who are able to understand	1
who can understand	1
who instructed him	1
who taught	1
who understand	1
who were instructing	1
whoever is discerning	1
will instruct	1
will know	1
with discernment	1
you merely look	1
you understand	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
understand	9
consider	6
to understand	6
and understanding	4
give me understanding	4
and consider	3
of him that hath understanding	3
shall understand	3
a wise	2
and prudent	2
and understandeth	2
and understood	2
me and understand	2
perceived	2
prudent	2
that taught	2
then shalt thou understand	2
understood	2
who can understand	2
ye shall consider	2
a man of understanding	1
all that could skill	1
all that were cunning	1
also but i perceive	1
also will he not then consider	1
and a man of understanding	1
and an understanding	1
and as i was considering	1
and cause me to understand	1
and have intelligence	1
and having understanding	1
and he dealt wisely	1
and he informed	1
and he shall understand	1
and he understood	1
and i viewed	1
and the eloquent	1
and they have none understanding	1
and those that could understand	1
and thou regardest	1
and understand	1
and whom shall he make to understand	1
be ye of an understanding	1
because they had understood	1
because they regard	1
before him that hath understanding	1
but he perceiveth	1
but i cannot perceive	1
but i understood	1
but none understood	1
but understand	1
but when i had considered	1
can feel	1
cannot understand	1
diligently	1
discern	1
discreet	1
doth not consider	1
doth not understand	1
even they shall understand	1
for i am prudent	1
for though he understand	1
for thyself understanding	1
from the prudent	1
giveth them understanding	1
had understanding	1
hast thou perceived	1
have no understanding	1
have ye not understood	1
he considereth	1
he directeth	1
he instructed	1
he will understand	1
i discerned	1
i get understanding	1
i understand	1
i will consider	1
instructed	1
it giveth understanding	1
it he had no understanding	1
looketh well	1
make me to understand	1
mark	1
me give me understanding	1
men of understanding	1
more into a wise man	1
neither consider	1
neither shall he regard	1
neither understand	1
none considering	1
none so discreet	1
nor regard	1
nor understood	1
not neither will they understand	1
now consider	1
of the prudent	1
of their prudent	1
of understanding	1
one that hath understanding	1
regard	1
regardeth	1
shall instruct	1
shall they consider	1
skilful	1
that hath understanding	1
that i may discern	1
that i understood	1
that may understand	1
the teacher	1
then understand	1
therefore understand	1
thereof and that thou shouldest know	1
they would consider	1
thou understandest	1
to him that understandeth	1
to make thee understand	1
to men of understanding	1
to perceive	1
understandest	1
understandeth	1
unto him that understandeth	1
unto me understand	1
when i consider	1
who had understanding	1
why then should i think	1
with understanding	1
yea i attended	1
yea thou shalt diligently consider	1

Verses containing H995

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Proverbs 18:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.
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Proverbs 19:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.
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Proverbs 20:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?
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Proverbs 21:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure.
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Proverbs 23:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,
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Proverbs 24:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
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Proverbs 28:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.
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Proverbs 28:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD comprehend fully.
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Proverbs 28:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
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Proverbs 28:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.
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Proverbs 29:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.
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Proverbs 29:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.
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Ecclesiastes 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
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Isaiah 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”
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Isaiah 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter.
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Isaiah 5:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
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Isaiah 6:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
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Isaiah 6:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
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Isaiah 10:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.
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Isaiah 14:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made the kingdoms tremble,
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Isaiah 28:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?
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Isaiah 28:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As often as it passes through, it will carry you away; it will sweep through morning after morning, by day and by night.” The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.
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Isaiah 29:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”
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Isaiah 29:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?
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Isaiah 32:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.
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Isaiah 40:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?
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Isaiah 40:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth?
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Isaiah 43:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.
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Isaiah 43:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.
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Isaiah 44:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
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Isaiah 52:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.
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Isaiah 56:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:
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Isaiah 57:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous are taken away from the presence of evil.
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Jeremiah 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:
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Jeremiah 4:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
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Jeremiah 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?
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Source alternate reference: 9.11
Jeremiah 9:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
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Source alternate reference: 9.16
Jeremiah 23:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.
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Jeremiah 30:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this.
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Jeremiah 49:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
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Daniel 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
young men without blemish, handsome, gifted in all wisdom, knowledgeable, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace—and to teach them the language and literature of the Chaldeans.
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Daniel 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. And Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.
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Daniel 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As I was contemplating all this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between his eyes came out of the west, crossing the surface of the entire earth without touching the ground.
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Daniel 8:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I heard the voice of a man calling from between the banks of the Ulai: “Gabriel, explain the vision to this man.”
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Daniel 8:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As he came near to where I stood, I was terrified and fell facedown. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”
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Daniel 8:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the latter part of their reign, when the rebellion has reached its full measure, an insolent king, skilled in intrigue, will come to the throne.
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Daniel 8:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was confounded by the vision; it was beyond understanding.
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Daniel 9:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.
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Daniel 9:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He instructed me and spoke with me, saying: “O Daniel, I have come now to give you insight and understanding.
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Daniel 9:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences
At the beginning of your petitions, an answer went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly precious. So consider the message and understand the vision:
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