Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
understanding
Usage: understanding, discernment Aramaic of bi.nah (בִּינָה "understanding" H0998)
Binah means “knowledge” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G999 — bothynos (“ditch”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H999 בִּינָה (biynah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. biynah (bee-naw') n-f. 1. knowledge [(Aramaic) corresponding to H998] It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include knowledge. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
biynah (bee-naw') n-f. 1. knowledge [(Aramaic) corresponding to H998] Root(s): H998
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H999. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
understanding
Usage: understanding, discernment Aramaic of bi.nah (בִּינָה "understanding" H0998)
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.
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.
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.
1 indexed usage in Old Testament.
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:
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's 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:
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H999, grouped by book.
Binah (Strong's H999) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "knowledge". biynah (bee-naw') n-f. 1. knowledge [(Aramaic) corresponding to H998]
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's H999 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H999 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as knowledge. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.