Quick Definition
understanding
Strong's Definition
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
Derivation: and (feminine) תְּבוּנָה; or תּוֹבֻנָה; from H995 (בִּין);
KJV Usage: discretion, reason, skilfulness, understanding, wisdom.
TWOT Reference: 239c
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
תְּבוּנָה (ta.vu.nah) — understanding. 1) understanding, intelligence 1a) the act of understanding 1a1) skill 1b) the faculty of understanding 1b1) intelligence, understanding, insight 1c) the object of knowledge 1d) teacher (personification)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · בין
Wise | ≈ בִּינָה · דַּעַת · חָכְמָה · מְזִמָּה · עֵצָה
understanding, discernment, insight = state in which someone has the ability to see through the outward appearance of things and grasp their essence
EXO 31:3 · EXO 35:31 · EXO 36:1 · DEU 32:28 · 1KI 5:9 · 1KI 7:14 · JOB 12:12 · JOB 12:13 · JOB 26:12 · JOB 32:11 · PSA 49:4 · PSA 78:72 · PSA 136:5 · PSA 147:5 · PRO 2:2 · PRO 2:3 · PRO 2:6 · PRO 2:11 · PRO 3:13 · PRO 3:19 · PRO 5:1 · PRO 8:1 · PRO 10:23 · PRO 11:12 · PRO 14:29 · PRO 15:21 · PRO 17:27 · PRO 18:2 · PRO 19:8 · PRO 20:5 · PRO 21:30 · PRO 24:3 · PRO 28:16 · ISA 40:14 · ISA 40:28 · ISA 44:19 · JER 10:12 · JER 51:15 · EZK 28:4 · HOS 13:2 · OBA 1:7 · OBA 1:8
1 JOB 26:12 MT-K ובתובנתו | MT-Q וּבִתְבוּנָתֹו
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
תְּבוּנָה n.f. understanding the act
the faculty
the object of knowledge
personified as teacher.
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