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H0995בִּיןbin

to understandPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 2
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 5
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 2
  10. 1
  11. 4
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 5
  14. 4
  15. 2
  16. 8
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 23
  19. 26
  20. 34
  21. 1
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 20
  24. 7
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. 22
  28. 3
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. 1
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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170 occurrences in 162 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Genesis 41:33

    And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over the land of Egypt.

    נָב֣וֹן na.Von “discerning”

  2. Genesis 41:39

    And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Seeing that God has made all this clear to you, there is no other man of such wisdom and good sense as you:

    נָב֥וֹן na.Von “[is] a discerning [person]”

  3. Deuteronomy 1:13

    Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

    וּנְבֹנִ֛ים (נְבֹנִ֛ים) ne.vo.Nim “understanding”

  4. Deuteronomy 4:6

    So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people.

    וְנָב֔וֹן (נָב֔וֹן) na.Von “understanding”

  5. Deuteronomy 32:7

    Keep in mind the days of the past, give thought to the years of generations gone by: go to your father and he will make it clear to you, to the old men and they will give you the story.

    בִּ֖ינוּ Bi.nu “consider”

  6. Deuteronomy 32:10

    He came to him in the waste land, in the unpeopled waste of sand: putting his arms round him and caring for him, he kept him as the light of his eye.

    יְב֣וֹנְנֵ֔הוּ (יְב֣וֹנְנֵ֔) ye.Vo.Ne. “he took care of”

  7. Deuteronomy 32:29

    If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!

    יָבִ֖ינוּ ya.Vi.nu “they will understand”

  8. 1 Samuel 3:8

    And for the third time the Lord said Samuel's name. And he got up and went to Eli and said, Here am I; for you certainly said my name. Then it was clear to Eli that the voice which had said the child's name was the Lord's.

    וַיָּ֣בֶן (יָּ֣בֶן) i.Ya.ven “he understood”

  9. 1 Samuel 16:18

    Then one of the servants in answer said, I have seen a son of Jesse, the Beth-lehemite, who is expert at playing, and a strong man and a man of war; and he is wise in his words, and pleasing in looks, and the Lord is with him.

    וּנְב֥וֹן (נְב֥וֹן) ne.Von “[one] discerning of”

  10. 2 Samuel 12:19

    But when David saw that his servants were talking together quietly, he was certain that the child was dead: and he said to his servants, Is the child dead? and they said, He is.

    וַיָּ֥בֶן (יָּ֥בֶן) i.Ya.ven “he understood”

  11. 1 Kings 3:9

    Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?

    לְהָבִ֖ין (הָבִ֖ין) ha.Vin “distinguish”

  12. 1 Kings 3:11

    And God said to him, Because your request is for this thing, and not for long life for yourself or for wealth or for the destruction of your haters, but for wisdom to be a judge of causes;

    הָבִ֖ין ha.Vin “to understand”

  13. 1 Kings 3:12

    I have done as you said: I have given you a wise and far-seeing heart, so that there has never been your equal in the past, and never will there be any like you in the future.

    וְנָב֔וֹן (נָב֔וֹן) na.Von “understanding”

  14. 1 Kings 3:21

    And when I got up to give my child the breast, I saw that it was dead; but in the morning, looking at it with care, I saw that it was not my son.

    וָאֶתְבּוֹנֵ֤ן (אֶתְבּוֹנֵ֤ן) 'et.bo.Nen “I looked carefully”

  15. 1 Chronicles 15:22

    And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was master of the music: he gave directions about the song, because he was expert.

    מֵבִ֖ין me.Vin “[was] a teacher”

  16. 1 Chronicles 25:7

    And the number of them, with their brothers who were trained and expert in making melody to the Lord, was two hundred and eighty-eight.

    הַ֨מֵּבִ֔ין (מֵּבִ֔ין) me.Vin “understanding [person]”

  17. 1 Chronicles 25:8

    And selection was made of them for their special work, all having equal chances, small as well as great, the teacher as the learner.

    מֵבִ֖ין me.Vin “teacher”

  18. 1 Chronicles 27:32

    Now Jonathan, David's father's brother, expert in discussion, and a man of good sense, was a scribe; and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni, had the care of the king's sons;

    מֵבִ֥ין me.Vin “understanding”

  19. 1 Chronicles 28:9

    And you, Solomon my son, get knowledge of the God of your father, and be his servant with a true heart and with a strong desire, for the Lord is the searcher of all hearts, and has knowledge of all the designs of men's thoughts; if you make search for hi

    מֵבִ֑ין me.Vin “[he is] understanding”

  20. 2 Chronicles 11:23

    And in his wisdom he had his sons stationed in every walled town through all the lands of Judah and Benjamin; and he gave them a great store of food, and took wives for them.

    וַיָּבֶן֩ (יָּבֶן֩) i.ya.Ven “he acted wisely”

  21. 2 Chronicles 26:5

    He gave himself to searching after God in the days of Zechariah, who made men wise in the fear of God; and as long as he was true to the Lord, God made things go well for him.

    הַמֵּבִ֖ין (מֵּבִ֖ין) me.Vin “was skilled”

  22. 2 Chronicles 34:12

    And the men did the work well; and those who had authority over them were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, who were to be responsible for seeing that the work was done; and oth

    מֵבִ֖ין me.Vin “[one who] was skilled”

  23. 2 Chronicles 35:3

    And he said to the Levites, the teachers of all Israel, who were holy to the Lord, See, the holy ark is in the house which Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel, made; it will no longer have to be transported on your backs: now be the servants of the

    הַמְּבִינִ֨ים (מְּבִינִ֨ים) me.vu.nim “teaching”

  24. Ezra 8:15

    And I made them come together by the river flowing to Ahava; and we were there in tents for three days: and after viewing the people and the priests I saw that no sons of Levi were there.

    וָאָבִ֤ינָה (אָבִ֤ינָ) 'a.Vi.na “I considered”

  25. Ezra 8:16

    Then I sent for Eliezer and Ariel and Shemaiah and Elnathan Jarib and Elnathan and Nathan and Zechariah and Meshullam, all responsible men; and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were wise men.

    מְבִינִֽים׃ me.vi.Nim “teachers”