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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Understanding
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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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Exodus
33 verses
Deuteronomy
43 verses
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11 verses
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55 verses
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22 verses
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33 verses
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22 verses
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22 verses
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1717 verses
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1313 verses
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5453 verses
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11 verses
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99 verses
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44 verses
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11 verses
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1212 verses
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11 verses
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22 verses
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11 verses
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22 verses
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33 verses
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11 verses
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75 verses
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33 verses
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11 verses
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22 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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תָּבוּן
tâbûwn · taw-boon'
38 times translated as this KJV form42 total Strong's occurrences
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
Strong's KJV usage: discretion, reason, skilfulness, understanding, wisdom.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 31:3Strong's last: Obadiah 1:8
Open full H8394 profile →בִּין
bîyn · bene
32 times translated as this KJV form169 total Strong's occurrences
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).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 1:13Strong's last: Daniel 8:23
Open full H995 profile →בִּינָה
bîynâh · bee-naw'
32 times translated as this KJV form38 total Strong's occurrences
understanding
Strong's KJV usage: knowledge, meaning, × perfectly, understanding, wisdom.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 4:6Strong's last: Daniel 10:1
Open full H998 profile →לֵב
lêb · labe
10 times translated as this KJV form577 total Strong's occurrences
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
Open full H3820 profile →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.
Strong's first: Luke 24:45Strong's last: Revelation 13:18
Open full G3563 profile →שֶׂכֶל
sekel · seh'-kel
7 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
intelligence; by implication, success
Strong's KJV usage: discretion, knowledge, policy, prudence, sense, understanding, wisdom, wise.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 25:3Strong's last: Proverbs 16:22
Open full H7922 profile →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
Open full G4907 profile →שָׂכַל
sâkal · saw-kal'
5 times translated as this KJV form65 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 47:7Strong's last: Daniel 11:35
Open full H7919 profile →ἀσύνετος
asýnetos · as-oon'-ay-tos
3 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
unintelligent; by implication, wicked
Strong's KJV usage: :--foolish, without understanding.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 15:16Strong's last: Romans 1:31
Open full G801 profile →διάνοια
diánoia · dee-an'-oy-ah
3 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences
deep thought, properly, the faculty (mind or its disposition), by implication, its exercise
Strong's KJV usage: :-- imagination, mind, understanding.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ephesians 1:18Strong's last: 1 John 5:20
Open full G1271 profile →לֵבָב
lêbâb · lay-bawb'
3 times translated as this KJV form243 total Strong's occurrences
the heart (as the most interior organ);
Strong's KJV usage: bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-) heart(-ed), midst, mind, × unawares, understanding.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 12:3Strong's last: Job 34:34
Open full H3824 profile →שׇׂכְלְתָנוּ
soklᵉthânûw · sok-leth-aw-noo'
3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
intelligence
Strong's KJV usage: understanding.
Strong's first: Daniel 5:11Strong's last: Daniel 5:14
Open full H7924 profile →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
Open full G5424 profile →νοιέω
noiéō · noy-eh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
to exercise the mind (observe), i.e. (figuratively) to comprehend, heed
Strong's KJV usage: :--consider, perceive, think, understand.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Timothy 1:7Strong's last: 1 Timothy 1:7
Open full G3539 profile →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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 1:3Strong's last: Luke 1:3
Open full G3877 profile →συνίημι
syníēmi · soon-ee'-ay-mee
1 times translated as this KJV form31 total Strong's occurrences
to put together, i.e. (mentally) to comprehend; by implication, to act piously
Strong's KJV usage: :-- consider, understand, be wise.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ephesians 5:17Strong's last: Ephesians 5:17
Open full G4920 profile →בִּינָה
bîynâh · bee-naw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: knowledge.
Strong's first: Daniel 2:21Strong's last: Daniel 2:21
Open full H999 profile →טַעַם
ṭaʻam · tah'-am
1 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate
Strong's KJV usage: advice, behaviour, decree, discretion, judgment, reason, taste, understanding.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 12:20Strong's last: Job 12:20
Open full H2940 profile →מַנְדַּע
mandaʻ · man-dah'
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
wisdom or intelligence
Strong's KJV usage: knowledge, reason, understanding.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Daniel 4:34Strong's last: Daniel 4:34
Open full H4486 profile →פָּנִים
pânîym · paw-neem'
1 times translated as this KJV form2,083 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 17:24Strong's last: Proverbs 17:24
Open full H6440 profile →רוּחַ
rûwach · roo'-akh
1 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to blow, i.e. breathe; only (literally) to smell or (by implication, perceive (figuratively, to anticipate, enjoy)
Strong's KJV usage: accept, smell, × touch, make of quick understanding.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 11:3Strong's last: Isaiah 11:3
Open full H7306 profile →שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ · shaw-mah'
1 times translated as this KJV form1,160 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Kings 3:9Strong's last: 1 Kings 3:9
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H8394
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
H3820
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
H995
For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
H995
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
H8394
The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
H998
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
H995
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
H998
And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
H7306
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
H998
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
H998
Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
H995
Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
H998
They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
H8394
With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
H8394
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
H8394
And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
H7919
And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
H995
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
H3820
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
H8394
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
H8394
With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
H995
Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
H995
As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
H998
And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.
H999
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:
English meaning and historical usage.
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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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