# H998 בִּינָה

בִּינָה (bîynâh), Strong’s H998: understanding KJV: knowledge, meaning, [idiom] perfectly, understanding, wisdom.. Occurs 38 times.

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*bîynâh* — understanding

KJV: knowledge, meaning, [idiom] perfectly, understanding, wisdom.

Derived from [בִּין bîyn](https://besorah.bible/word/H995) (to separate mentally)

Occurs 38 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- בִּינָה n.f. understanding
- 1 the act
- 2 the faculty
- 3 the object of knowledge
- 4 personified

## Where it occurs
- [Deuteronomy 4:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/4?v=6) — Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who shall hear…
- [Isaiah 11:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/11?v=2) — The LORD’s Spirit will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit…
- [Isaiah 27:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/27?v=11) — When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off. The women will come and set them on fire, for they are a people…
- [Isaiah 29:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/29?v=14) — therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; and the…
- [Isaiah 29:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/29?v=24) — They also who err in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will receive instruction.”
- [Isaiah 33:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/33?v=19) — You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can’t comprehend, with a strange language…
- [Jeremiah 23:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/23?v=20) — The LORD’s anger will not return until he has executed and performed the intents of his heart. In the latter days, you…
- [Proverbs 1:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/1?v=2) — to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;
- [Proverbs 2:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/2?v=3) — yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;
- [Proverbs 3:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/3?v=5) — Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.