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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Understanding

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

160exact KJV occurrences 136Old Testament 24New Testament 30books containing the word 22mapped Strong's IDs 160occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Exodus 31:3

And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 13:18

Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where understanding appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

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HebrewH995
בִּין

bîyn · bene

32 times translated as this KJV form169 total Strong's occurrences

v

to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand

Strong's KJV usage: 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).

Strong's first: Deuteronomy 1:13Strong's last: Daniel 8:23

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HebrewH3820
לֵב

lêb · labe

10 times translated as this KJV form577 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

Strong's KJV usage: care for, comfortably, consent, × considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), × heed, × I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), × regard(-ed), × themselves, × unawares, understanding, × well, willingly, wisdom.

Strong's first: Proverbs 6:32Strong's last: Jeremiah 5:21

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GreekG3563
νοῦς

noûs · nooce

7 times translated as this KJV form26 total Strong's occurrences

the intellect, i.e. mind (divine or human; in thought, feeling, or will); by implication, meaning

Strong's KJV usage: :--mind, understanding.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Luke 24:45Strong's last: Revelation 13:18

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GreekG4907
σύνεσις

sýnesis · soon'-es-is

6 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences

a mental putting together, i.e. intelligence or (concretely) the intellect

Strong's KJV usage: :--knowledge, understanding.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Mark 12:33Strong's last: 2 Timothy 2:7

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HebrewH7919
שָׂכַל

sâkal · saw-kal'

5 times translated as this KJV form65 total Strong's occurrences

v

to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent

Strong's KJV usage: consider, expert, instruct, prosper, (deal) prudent(-ly), (give) skill(-ful), have good success, teach, (have, make to) understand(-ing), wisdom, (be, behave self, consider, make) wise(-ly), guide wittingly.

Strong's first: Psalms 47:7Strong's last: Daniel 11:35

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AramaicH7924
שׇׂכְלְתָנוּ

soklᵉthânûw · sok-leth-aw-noo'

3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

intelligence

Strong's KJV usage: understanding.

Strong's first: Daniel 5:11Strong's last: Daniel 5:14

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GreekG5424
φρήν

phrḗn · frane

2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

the midrif (as a partition of the body), i.e. (figuratively and by implication, of sympathy) the feelings (or sensitive nature; by extension (also in the plural) the mind or cognitive faculties)

Strong's KJV usage: :--understanding.

Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 14:20Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 14:20

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GreekG3877
παρακολουθέω

parakolouthéō · par-ak-ol-oo-theh'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences

to follow near, i.e. (figuratively) attend (as a result), trace out, conform to

Strong's KJV usage: :--attain, follow, fully know, have understanding.

Strong's first: Luke 1:3Strong's last: Luke 1:3

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HebrewH6440
פָּנִים

pânîym · paw-neem'

1 times translated as this KJV form2,083 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

Strong's KJV usage: accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, × as (long as), at, battle, because (of), beseech, countenance, edge, employ, endure, enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, × him(-self), honourable, impudent, in, it, look(-eth) (-s), × me, meet, × more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), × on, open, out of, over against, the partial, person, please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, regard, right forth, serve, × shewbread, sight, state, straight, street, × thee, × them(-selves), through ( -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), upon, upside ( down), with(-in, -stand), × ye, × you.

Strong's first: Proverbs 17:24Strong's last: Proverbs 17:24

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HebrewH8085
שָׁמַע

shâmaʻ · shaw-mah'

1 times translated as this KJV form1,160 total Strong's occurrences

v

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

Strong's KJV usage: × attentively, call (gather) together, × carefully, × certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, × diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), × indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, × surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.

Strong's first: 1 Kings 3:9Strong's last: 1 Kings 3:9

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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1 Chronicles 12:32
H998

And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.

1 Chronicles 22:12
H998

Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

understanding

UNDERSTAND'ING, participle present tense

1. Comprehending; apprehending the ideas or sense of another, or of a writing; learning or being informed.

2. adjective Knowing; skillful. He is an understanding man.

UNDERSTAND'ING, noun

1. 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. The understanding is called also the intellectual faculty. It is the faculty by means of which we obtain a great part of our knowledge. Luke 24:45. Ephesians 1:18.

By understanding I mean that faculty whereby we are enabled to apprehend the objects of knowledge, generals or particulars, absent or present, and to judge of their truth or falsehood, good or evil.

There is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth him understanding Job 32:8.

2. Knowledge; exact comprehension.

Right understanding consists in the perception of the visible or probably agreement or disagreement of ideas.

3. Intelligence between two or more persons; agreement of minds; union of sentiments. There is a good understanding between the minister and his people.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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