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Strong's H995 בִּין (bin)

Bin means “attend” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G995 — boe (“cry”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H995
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 161
Books 18

Strong's H995 Quick Answer

Strong's H995 בִּין (biyn) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. biyn (bene) v. 1. to separate mentally (or distinguish) 2. (generally) understand It has 161 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include understanding, understand, consider, understandeth, and cunning. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
biyn (bene) v. 1. to separate mentally (or distinguish) 2. (generally) understand
Usage
161 linked usages
Books
18 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
understanding, understand, consider, understandeth, and cunning

Meaning and Definition

biyn (bene) v. 1. to separate mentally (or distinguish) 2. (generally) understand [a primitive root] KJV: 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).

Original Word
בִּין
Transliteration
biyn
Derivation
Root: בין
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H995. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to understand

Usage: 1) to discern, understand, consider 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to perceive, discern 1a2) to understand, know (with the mind) 1a3) to observe, mark, give heed to, distinguish, consider 1a4) to have discernment, insight, understanding 1b) (Niphal) to be discerning, intelligent, discreet, have understanding 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to understand 1c2) to cause to understand, give understanding, teach 1d) (Hithpolel) to show oneself discerning or attentive, consider diligently 1e) (Polel) to teach, instruct 2) (TWOT) prudent, regard

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How Strong's H995 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render biyn, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

understanding Deuteronomy 1:13 29× understand Nehemiah 8:3 27× consider Deuteronomy 32:7 13× understandeth 1 Chronicles 28:9 cunning 1 Samuel 16:18 considereth Psalms 33:15 understandest Job 15:9 attended Job 32:12 considered 1 Kings 3:21 discern Job 6:30

How Strong's H995 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 161 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H995 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H995 in the Old Testament

161 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 41:33 KJV

Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:39 KJV

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:

Deuteronomy 1:13 KJV

Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H995.

Genesis 41:33 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:39 Old Testament, KJV
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
Deuteronomy 1:13 Old Testament, KJV
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
Deuteronomy 4:6 Old Testament, KJV
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Deuteronomy 32:7 Old Testament, KJV
Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
Deuteronomy 32:10 Old Testament, KJV
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Deuteronomy 32:29 Old Testament, KJV
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
1 Samuel 3:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child.
1 Samuel 16:18 Old Testament, KJV
Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.
2 Samuel 12:19 Old Testament, KJV
But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
1 Kings 3:9 Old Testament, KJV
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
1 Kings 3:11 Old Testament, KJV
And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;
1 Kings 3:12 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
1 Kings 3:21 Old Testament, KJV
And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
1 Chronicles 15:22 Old Testament, KJV
And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
1 Chronicles 25:7 Old Testament, KJV
So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
1 Chronicles 25:8 Old Testament, KJV
And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
1 Chronicles 27:32 Old Testament, KJV
Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:
1 Chronicles 28:9 Old Testament, KJV
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
2 Chronicles 11:23 Old Testament, KJV
And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
2 Chronicles 26:5 Old Testament, KJV
And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.
2 Chronicles 34:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.
2 Chronicles 35:3 Old Testament, KJV
And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,
Ezra 8:15 Old Testament, KJV
And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
Ezra 8:16 Old Testament, KJV
Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
Nehemiah 8:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
Nehemiah 8:3 Old Testament, KJV
And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
Nehemiah 8:7 Old Testament, KJV
Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
Nehemiah 8:8 Old Testament, KJV
So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
Nehemiah 8:9 Old Testament, KJV
And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
Nehemiah 8:12 Old Testament, KJV
And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
Nehemiah 10:28 Old Testament, KJV
And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;
Nehemiah 13:7 Old Testament, KJV
And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
Job 6:24 Old Testament, KJV
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Job 6:30 Old Testament, KJV
Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
Job 9:11 Old Testament, KJV
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
Job 11:11 Old Testament, KJV
For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
Job 13:1 Old Testament, KJV
Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.
Job 14:21 Old Testament, KJV
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
Job 15:9 Old Testament, KJV
What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
Job 18:2 Old Testament, KJV
How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
Job 23:5 Old Testament, KJV
I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
Job 23:8 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
Job 23:15 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
Job 26:14 Old Testament, KJV
Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Job 28:23 Old Testament, KJV
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
Job 30:20 Old Testament, KJV
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
Job 31:1 Old Testament, KJV
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
Job 32:8 Old Testament, KJV
But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
Job 32:9 Old Testament, KJV
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Job 32:12 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:
Job 36:29 Old Testament, KJV
Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
Job 37:14 Old Testament, KJV
Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
Job 38:18 Old Testament, KJV
Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
Job 38:20 Old Testament, KJV
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
Job 42:3 Old Testament, KJV
Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Psalms 5:1 Old Testament, KJV
Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
Psalms 19:12 Old Testament, KJV
Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
Psalms 28:5 Old Testament, KJV
Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
Psalms 32:9 Old Testament, KJV
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Psalms 33:15 Old Testament, KJV
He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
Psalms 37:10 Old Testament, KJV
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
Psalms 49:20 Old Testament, KJV
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
Psalms 50:22 Old Testament, KJV
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Psalms 58:9 Old Testament, KJV
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
Psalms 73:17 Old Testament, KJV
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
Psalms 82:5 Old Testament, KJV
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
Psalms 92:6 Old Testament, KJV
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
Psalms 94:7 Old Testament, KJV
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
Psalms 94:8 Old Testament, KJV
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Psalms 107:43 Old Testament, KJV
Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
Psalms 119:27 Old Testament, KJV
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
Psalms 119:34 Old Testament, KJV
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Psalms 119:73 Old Testament, KJV
Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
Psalms 119:95 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
Psalms 119:100 Old Testament, KJV
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
Psalms 119:104 Old Testament, KJV
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Psalms 119:125 Old Testament, KJV
I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
Psalms 119:130 Old Testament, KJV
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
Psalms 119:144 Old Testament, KJV
The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
Psalms 119:169 Old Testament, KJV
Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
Psalms 139:2 Old Testament, KJV
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Proverbs 1:2 Old Testament, KJV
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
Proverbs 1:5 Old Testament, KJV
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Proverbs 1:6 Old Testament, KJV
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Proverbs 2:5 Old Testament, KJV
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 2:9 Old Testament, KJV
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
Proverbs 7:7 Old Testament, KJV
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
Proverbs 8:5 Old Testament, KJV
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Proverbs 8:9 Old Testament, KJV
They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
Proverbs 10:13 Old Testament, KJV
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
Proverbs 14:6 Old Testament, KJV
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
Proverbs 14:8 Old Testament, KJV
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
Proverbs 14:15 Old Testament, KJV
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
Proverbs 14:33 Old Testament, KJV
Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
Proverbs 15:14 Old Testament, KJV
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
Proverbs 16:21 Old Testament, KJV
The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
Proverbs 17:10 Old Testament, KJV
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Proverbs 17:24 Old Testament, KJV
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
Proverbs 17:28 Old Testament, KJV
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Proverbs 18:15 Old Testament, KJV
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
Proverbs 19:25 Old Testament, KJV
Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
Proverbs 20:24 Old Testament, KJV
Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
Proverbs 23:1 Old Testament, KJV
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
Proverbs 24:12 Old Testament, KJV
If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Proverbs 28:2 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Proverbs 28:5 Old Testament, KJV
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
Proverbs 28:7 Old Testament, KJV
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
Proverbs 28:11 Old Testament, KJV
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Proverbs 29:7 Old Testament, KJV
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Proverbs 29:19 Old Testament, KJV
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
Ecclesiastes 9:11 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Isaiah 1:3 Old Testament, KJV
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Isaiah 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
Isaiah 5:21 Old Testament, KJV
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Isaiah 6:9 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
Isaiah 6:10 Old Testament, KJV
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Isaiah 10:13 Old Testament, KJV
For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
Isaiah 14:16 Old Testament, KJV
They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
Isaiah 28:9 Old Testament, KJV
Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H995, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 5 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 4 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 2 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 8 usages, Old Testament
Job 23 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 26 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 29 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 20 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 7 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 19 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H995 FAQ

What does bin (בִּין) mean?

Bin (Strong's H995) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "attend". biyn (bene) v. 1. to separate mentally (or distinguish) 2. (generally) understand

How many times is bin (בִּין) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 161 linked usages for Strong's H995 across 18 books.

Where can I study bin (בִּין) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H995 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate bin (בִּין)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as understanding, understand, consider, understandeth, cunning, and understandest. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.