Insight
שׇׂכְלְתָנוּStrong’s H7924sokhletanu (sokh-le-ta-nu)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sokhletanu is the Aramaic word usually translated “insight”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;”
Meaning
- Insight
How it's translated
- and insight 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 5:12In contextForasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
- Daniel 5:14In contextI have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
Aramaic dictionary
שׇׂכְלְתָנוּ sokhletanu · insight
insight Aramaic of se.khel (שֵׂ֫כֶל "understanding" H7922)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “insight” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
IN'SIGHT, noun
in'site. [in and sight.] Sight or view of the interior of any thing; deep inspection or view; introspection; thorough knowledge or skill.
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.