תָּבוּןtâbûwn/taw-boon'/
HebrewH839442 occurrences (KJV)
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
KJV renders it: discretion, reason, skilfulness, understanding, wisdom.
Where it appears
- Exod 31:3and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship,
- Exod 35:31He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship;
- Exod 36:1“Bezalel and Oholiab shall work with every wise-hearted man, in whom Yahweh has put wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that Yahweh has commanded.”
- Deut 32:28For they are a nation void of counsel. There is no understanding in them.
- 1 Kgs 4:29God gave Solomon abundant wisdom and understanding, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the seashore.
- 1 Kgs 7:14He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. He came to king Solomon, and performed all his work.
- Job 12:12With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.
- Job 12:13“With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
- Job 26:12He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
- Job 32:11“Behold, I waited for your words, and I listened for your reasoning, while you searched out what to say.
- Ps 49:3My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding.
- Ps 78:72So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
- Ps 136:5To him who by understanding made the heavens; for his loving kindness endures forever:
- Ps 147:5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.
- Prov 2:2So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
- Prov 2:3Yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;
- Prov 2:6For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
- Prov 2:11Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,
- Prov 3:13Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.
- Prov 3:19By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.
- Prov 5:1My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:
- Prov 8:1Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?
- Prov 10:23It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.
- Prov 11:12One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.
- Prov 14:29He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.
- Prov 15:21Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.
- Prov 17:27He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.
- Prov 18:2A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.
- Prov 19:8He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.
- Prov 20:5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
- Prov 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh.
- Prov 24:3Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;
- Prov 28:16A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.
- Isa 40:14Who did he take counsel with, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?
- Isa 40:28Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, The Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
- Isa 44:19No one thinks, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, “I have burned part of it in the fire. Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals. I have roasted meat and eaten it. Shall I make the rest of it into an abomination? Shall I bow down to a tree trunk?”
- Jer 10:12He has made the earth by his power. he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens.
- Jer 51:15“He has made the earth by his power. He has established the world by his wisdom. By his understanding he has stretched out the heavens.
- Ezek 28:4by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures;
- Hos 13:2Now they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen. They say of them, ‘They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves.’
- Obad 1:7All the men of your alliance have brought you on your way, even to the border. The men who were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you. Friends who eat your bread lay a snare under you. There is no understanding in him.”
- Obad 1:8“Won’t I in that day”, says Yahweh, “destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mountain of Esau?
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.