Words the Bible translates as understand
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- shamaשָׁמַעto hear: to take in what reaches the ear, and from there to listen, understand, heed, and answer.
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- to summon, to muster troops together for war.
- ginōskōγινώσκωto come to know: to learn, perceive, or grasp something so that it becomes part of what you know
- eidōεἴδωto see: to take something in through the eyes, and so to notice or realize it
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- to know: to have something firmly in mind, whether a fact, a person, or how to do something
- binבִּיןto understand by telling things apart: to grasp what something really is, why it matters, and how it differs from what is near it
- suniēmiσυνίημιto understand: to put the pieces together in the mind and grasp what something means
- manthanōμανθάνωto learn: to gain knowledge, understanding, skill, or a settled practice, whether by being taught, by finding out, or by experience
- epistamaiἐπίσταμαιto know: to hold a fact, a matter, or a person firmly in mind, whether by being aware of it, grasping it, or being acquainted with it
- sakhalשָׂכַלto have good sense: to grasp a matter clearly and act on it skillfully, so that things turn out well
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- to lay crosswise: to set one's hands across each other
- noeōνοέωto grasp something with the mind: to perceive its meaning, understand it, or think it over
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