תָּבוּןtâbûwn
understanding
Pronunciation: taw-boon' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8394
Meanings
1. the act (Job 26:12; Psalms 78:72; Psalms 136:5)
2. the faculty (Exodus 31:3; Exodus 35:31; Exodus 36:1)
3. the object of knowledge (Proverbs 2:3; Proverbs 3:13; Proverbs 5:1)
4. personified (Proverbs 8:1)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 42 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 31:3 I have filled him with the Spirit of God, giving him great wisdom, ability, and expertise in all kinds of crafts.
- Exodus 35:31 The Lord has filled Bezalel with the Spirit of God, giving him great wisdom, ability, and expertise in all kinds of crafts.
- Exodus 36:1 “The Lord has gifted Bezalel, Oholiab, and the other skilled craftsmen with wisdom and ability to perform any task involved in building the sanctuary. Let them construct and furnish the Tabernacle, just as the Lord has commanded.”
- Deuteronomy 32:28 “But Israel is a senseless nation; the people are foolish, without understanding.
- 1 Kings 4:29 God gave Solomon very great wisdom and understanding, and knowledge as vast as the sands of the seashore.
- 1 Kings 7:14 He was half Israelite, since his mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father had been a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. Huram was extremely skillful and talented in any work in bronze, and he came to do all the metal work for King Solomon.
See every passage
- Exodus 31:3, 35:31, 36:1
- Deuteronomy 32:28
- 1 Kings 4:29, 7:14
- Job 12:12, 12:13, 26:12, 32:11
- Psalms 49:3, 78:72, 136:5, 147:5
- Proverbs 2:2, 2:3, 2:6, 2:11, 3:13, 3:19, 5:1, 8:1, 10:23, 11:12, 14:29, 15:21, 17:27, 18:2, 19:8, 20:5, 21:30, 24:3, 28:16
- Isaiah 40:14, 40:28, 44:19
- Jeremiah 10:12, 51:15
- Ezekiel 28:4
- Hosea 13:2
- Obadiah 1:7, 1:8
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).