Understanding
בִּינָהStrong’s H0999binah (bi-nah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Binah is the Aramaic word usually translated “discernment”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:”
Meaning
- Understanding, discernment
How it's translated
- discernment 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 1
1 book in all.
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Aramaic dictionary
בִּינָה binah · understanding
understanding, discernment Aramaic of bi.nah (בִּינָה "understanding" H0998)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “understanding” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
UNDERSTAND'ING, participle present
tense
- Comprehending; apprehending the ideas or sense of another, or of a writing; learning or being informed.
- adjective Knowing; skillful.
All definitions and other forms of “understanding”
UNDERSTAND'ING, noun
- The faculty of the human mind by which it apprehends the real state of things presented to it, or by which it receives or comprehends the ideas which others express and intend to communicate. Luke 24:45Ephesians 1:18“There is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth him understanding” Job 32:8
- Knowledge; exact comprehension.
- Intelligence between two or more persons; agreement of minds; union of sentiments.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.