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H8394תְּבוּנָהta.vu.nah

understandingPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

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Occurrences by book

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

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42 occurrences in 42 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Proverbs 15:21

    Folly is joy to him that lacketh understanding; but a man of discernment walketh straightforwards.

    תְּ֝בוּנָ֗ה te.vu.Nah “understanding”

  2. Proverbs 17:27

    He that spareth his words hath knowledge; and he that husbandeth his spirit is a man of discernment.

    תְּבוּנָֽה׃ te.vu.Nah “understanding”

  3. Proverbs 18:2

    A fool hath no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may lay itself bare.

    בִּתְבוּנָ֑ה (תְבוּנָ֑ה) t.vu.Nah “understanding”

  4. Proverbs 19:8

    He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul; he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

    תְּ֝בוּנָ֗ה te.vu.Nah “understanding”

  5. Proverbs 20:5

    Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

    תְּבוּנָ֣ה te.vu.Nah “understanding”

  6. Proverbs 21:30

    There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

    תְּבוּנָ֑ה te.vu.Nah “[is] understanding”

  7. Proverbs 24:3

    Through wisdom is a house builded; and by understanding it is established;

    וּ֝בִתְבוּנָ֗ה (תְבוּנָ֗ה) t.vu.Nah “understanding”

  8. Proverbs 28:16

    The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor; but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

    תְּ֭בוּנוֹת Te.vu.not “understanding<s>”

  9. Isaiah 40:14

    With whom took He counsel, and who instructed Him, and taught Him in the path of right, and taught Him knowledge, and made Him to know the way of discernment?

    תְּבוּנ֖וֹת te.vu.Not “understanding<s>”

  10. Isaiah 40:28

    Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? His discernment is past searching out.

    לִתְבוּנָתֽוֹ׃ (תְבוּנָתֽ) t.vu.na.T “understanding”

  11. Isaiah 44:19

    And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say: 'I have burned the half of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh and eaten it; and shall I make the residue thereo

    תְבוּנָה֮ te.vu.Nah “understanding”

  12. Jeremiah 10:12

    He that hath made the earth by His power, that hath established the world by His wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by His understanding;

    וּבִתְבוּנָת֖וֹ (תְבוּנָת֖) t.vu.na.T “understanding”

  13. Jeremiah 51:15

    He that hath made the earth by His power, that hath established the world by His wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by His discernment;

    וּבִתְבוּנָת֖וֹ (תְבוּנָת֖) t.vu.na.T “understanding”

  14. Ezekiel 28:4

    By thy wisdom and by thy discernment thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures;

    וּבִתְבוּנָ֣תְךָ֔ (תְבוּנָ֣תְ) t.vu.Na.te. “understanding”

  15. Hosea 13:2

    And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, according to their own understanding, even idols, all of them the work of the craftsmen; of them they say: 'They that sacrifice men kiss calves.'

    כִּתְבוּנָם֙ (תְבוּנָ) t.vu.Na “skill”

  16. Obadiah 1:7

    All the men of thy confederacy have conducted thee to the border; the men that were at peace with thee have beguiled thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread lay a snare under thee, in whom there is no discernment.

    תְּבוּנָ֖ה te.vu.Nah “[is] understanding”

  17. Obadiah 1:8

    Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and discernment out of the mount of Esau?

    וּתְבוּנָ֖ה (תְבוּנָ֖ה) te.vu.Nah “understanding”