Words the Bible translates as wisdom
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- sophiaσοφίαwisdom: deep insight into how things truly are, joined to the skill to act rightly on it
- ḥokhmahחׇכְמָהskilled mastery: knowing how to do a thing well, from a craft to a whole life
- binahבִּינָהunderstanding: the ability to tell things apart and grasp what they mean
- tushiyyahתּוּשִׁיָּהsound practical wisdom: the level-headed good sense that knows what will actually work, together with the effectiveness it produces
- ḥokhmahחׇכְמָהwisdom: insight that belongs first to God and is given away by him, seen here as the power to explain what nobody else can explain
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