Words the Bible translates as understanding
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 11 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- levלֵבthe heart: the hidden inner center of a person, where one thinks, decides, feels, and stands answerable to God
- sunesisσύνεσιςunderstanding: the ability to see how things fit together and what they add up to, and the insight that comes with it
- da'atדַּעַתknowing: a firm grasp of how things really are, ranging from a craftsman's skill to moral good sense to knowing God personally
- dianoiaδιάνοιαthe mind: a person's power to understand and think, bound up with the heart rather than standing apart from it as pure intellect
- phronēsisφρόνησιςunderstandingnot studied yet
- nousνοῦςthe mind: a person's capacity to think, understand, and weigh things, together with the settled outlook and judgments that capacity produces
- tavunahתְּבוּנָהdiscerning competence: the trained ability to tell things apart and put that judgment to work
- binahבִּינָהunderstanding: the ability to tell things apart and grasp what they mean
- sekhelשֵׂכֶלinsight: the clear-headed good sense that sizes up a situation and acts on it wisely
- tushiyyahתּוּשִׁיָּהsound practical wisdom: the level-headed good sense that knows what will actually work, together with the effectiveness it produces
- binahבִּינָהunderstandingnot studied yet
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