Quick Definition
understanding
Strong's Definition
intelligence; by implication, success
Derivation: or שֵׂכֶל; from H7919 (שָׂכַל);
KJV Usage: discretion, knowledge, policy, prudence, sense, understanding, wisdom, wise.
TWOT Reference: 2263a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שֵׂ֫כֶל (se.khel) — understanding. 1) prudence, insight, understanding 1a) prudence, good sense 1b) insight, understanding 1c) cunning, craft (bad sense) Aramaic equivalent: sokh.le.ta.nu (שׇׂכְלְתָנוּ "insight" H7924)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · שׂכל
Wise | ≈ חָכָם · חָכְמָה · שׂכל
good sense, understanding, insight = state in which humans have the ability to understand things
1SA 25:3 · 1CH 22:12 · 1CH 26:14 · 2CH 2:11 · 2CH 30:22 · EZR 8:18 · JOB 17:4 · PSA 111:10 · PRO 3:4 · PRO 12:8 · PRO 13:15 · PRO 16:22 · PRO 19:11 · PRO 23:9 · DAN 8:25
Wise
Collocation: שׂים שֶׂכֶל
to interpret literally: to put understanding; hence: = causative action by which humans make an effort to help other humans achieve a better understanding of certain information
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שֵׂ֫כֶל, שֶׂ֫כֶל n.m. prudence, insight base