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Strong's H998 בִּינָה (binah)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's G998 — boethos (“helper”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H998
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 38
Books 8

Strong's H998 Quick Answer

Strong's H998 בִּינָה (biynah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. biynah (bee-naw') n-f. 1. understanding [from H995] It has 38 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include understanding, wisdom, understand, perfectly, and meaning. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
biynah (bee-naw') n-f. 1. understanding [from H995]
Usage
38 linked usages
Books
8 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
understanding, wisdom, understand, perfectly, and meaning

Meaning and Definition

biynah (bee-naw') n-f. 1. understanding [from H995] KJV: knowledge, meaning, X perfectly, understanding, wisdom. Root(s): H995

Original Word
בִּינָה
Transliteration
biynah
Derivation
Root: בין First root strongs: 995
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H998. 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)

understanding

Usage: 1) understanding, discernment 1a) act 1b) faculty 1c) object 1d) personified Aramaic equivalent: bi.nah (בִּינָה "understanding" H0999)

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How Strong's H998 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render biynah, 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 4:6 33× wisdom Job 39:26 meaning Daniel 8:15 perfectly Jeremiah 23:20 understand Isaiah 33:19

How Strong's H998 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 38 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H998 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 H998 in the Old Testament

38 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Deuteronomy 4:6 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.

1 Chronicles 12:32 KJV

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 KJV

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 38 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H998.

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.
1 Chronicles 12:32 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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.
2 Chronicles 2:12 Old Testament, KJV
Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
2 Chronicles 2:13 Old Testament, KJV
And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,
Job 20:3 Old Testament, KJV
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
Job 28:12 Old Testament, KJV
But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
Job 28:20 Old Testament, KJV
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
Job 28:28 Old Testament, KJV
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Job 34:16 Old Testament, KJV
If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
Job 38:4 Old Testament, KJV
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Job 38:36 Old Testament, KJV
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
Job 39:17 Old Testament, KJV
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
Job 39:26 Old Testament, KJV
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
Proverbs 1:2 Old Testament, KJV
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
Proverbs 2:3 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
Proverbs 3:5 Old Testament, KJV
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs 4:1 Old Testament, KJV
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Proverbs 4:5 Old Testament, KJV
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
Proverbs 7:4 Old Testament, KJV
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
Proverbs 8:14 Old Testament, KJV
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
Proverbs 9:6 Old Testament, KJV
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Proverbs 9:10 Old Testament, KJV
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Proverbs 16:16 Old Testament, KJV
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Proverbs 23:4 Old Testament, KJV
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Proverbs 23:23 Old Testament, KJV
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Proverbs 30:2 Old Testament, KJV
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
Isaiah 11:2 Old Testament, KJV
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;
Isaiah 27:11 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Isaiah 29:14 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Isaiah 29:24 Old Testament, KJV
They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
Isaiah 33:19 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
Jeremiah 23:20 Old Testament, KJV
The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
Daniel 1:20 Old Testament, KJV
And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.
Daniel 8:15 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
Daniel 9:22 Old Testament, KJV
And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.
Daniel 10:1 Old Testament, KJV
In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H998, grouped by book.

Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 9 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 14 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Daniel 4 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H998 FAQ

What does binah (בִּינָה) mean?

Binah (Strong's H998) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "understanding". biynah (bee-naw') n-f. 1. understanding [from H995]

How many times is binah (בִּינָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 38 linked usages for Strong's H998 across 8 books.

Where can I study binah (בִּינָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H998 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate binah (בִּינָה)?

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