King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H8394
Transliteration: tebunah
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-boon')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: an understanding
Meaning: intelligence, an argument, caprice
Word Summary
tebunah: an understanding
Original Word: תָּבוּןTransliteration: tebunah
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-boon')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: an understanding
Meaning: intelligence, an argument, caprice
Strong's Concordance
fruit, gain, increase, revenue From bow'; income, i.e. Produce (literally or figuratively) -- fruit, gain, increase, revenue.
see HEBREW bow'
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8394. tebunah
תְּבוּנָה noun feminine understanding Deuteronomy 32:28 27t.; suffix תְּבוּנָתִי Proverbs 5:1 7t.; תובנתו Job 26:12 Kt (Qr תְּבוּנָתוֺ); תְּבוּנָם Hosea 13:2 for תְּבוּנָתָם see De Psalm 27:5; תְּבוּנָוֺת 49:4 + 4t.; תְּבוּנוֺתֵיכֶם Job 32:11; —
1 the act Job 26:12; Psalm 78:72; 136:5; Proverbs 3:19; 21:30; 24:3; Jeremiah 10:12 (= 51:15) Ezekiel 28:4; Hosea 13:2; Obadiah 7..
2 the faculty Exodus 31:3; 35:31; 36:1 (P) Deuteronomy 32:28 (poetry) Job 12:12-13, Proverbs 2:6, 11; 28:16; Isaiah 44:19; תְּבוּנָה אִישׁ Proverbs 10:23; 15:21; 17:27; 20:5; תְּבוּנוֺת אִישׁ 11:12 (= Obadiah 8 where אישׁ omitted by scribal error); תְּבוּנָה דֶּרֶךְ Isaiah 40:14.
3 the object of knowledge Proverbs 2:3; 3:13; 5:1; 14:29; 18:2; 19:8; Psalm 49:4; 147:5; Isaiah 40:28; 1 Kings 5:9; 7:14; לתבונה לבך תטה incline thy mind to understanding Proverbs 2:2; reasons Job 32:11.
4 personified Proverbs 8:1 as teacher.
תובנתו תְּבוּנָם, see below תְּבוּנָה. above
בֵּיצָה see below בזץ
בַּיִר see below באר