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Thompson Chain Reference
• Understanding
The Topic Concordance
• Understanding
Dictionaries
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Understanding
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Understanding
• Men of Understanding
Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Understanding: No Time for
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Understanding
King James Dictionary
• Understanding
• Understand
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• To Know, Perceive, Understand
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Understanding
• Understand, Understood
• Understand
Webster Dictionary
• Understand
• Understandable
• Understanded
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Encyclopedias
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Men of Understanding
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Understanding, the
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Men of Understanding
Lexicons
• ܡܰܕ݁ܥܳܐ
• ܣܽܘܟ݁ܳܠܳܐ
• ܣܟܠ
Berry's NT Synonyms
• Mind, Understanding
• ἀγνοέω
• ἀκουστός , ἀκούω
• ἀσύνετος
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• בִּין
• בִּינָה
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UNDERSTAND'ING, ppr.

1. Comprehending apprehending the ideas or sense of another, or of a writing learning or being informed.

2. a. Knowing skillful. He is an understanding man.

UNDERSTAND'ING, n.

1. The faculty of the human mind by which it apprehends the real state of things presented to it, or by which it receives or comprehends the ideas which others express and intend to communicate. The understanding is called also the intellectual faculty. It is the faculty by means of which we obtain a great part of our knowledge. Luke 24 . Ephesians 1 .

By understanding I mean that faculty whereby we are enabled to apprehend the objects of knowledge, generals or particulars, absent or present, and to judge of their truth or falsehood, good or evil.

There is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth him understanding. Job 32 .

2. Knowledge exact comprehension.

Right understanding consists in the perception of the visible or probably agreement or disagreement of ideas.

3. Intelligence between two or more persons agreement of minds union of sentiments. There is a good understanding between the minister and his people.