Verse 2
To know = For discerning. So in verses: Proverbs 1:3 , Proverbs 1:4 , Proverbs 1:6 .
wisdom. Hebrew. chokmah. There are six words rendered "wisdom" in this book.
(1) chokmah, rendered "wisdom" except in the passages below. It occurs thirty-nine times in singular, and three times in plural (Proverbs 1:20 ; Proverbs 9:1 ; Proverbs 24:7 = true wisdom); forty-two times altogether (6x7. See App-10 ).
(2) binah = discernment or discrimination. Once rendered "wisdom" (Proverbs 23:4 ). Elsewhere, in twelve passages rendered "understanding"; once "knowledge" (Proverbs 2:3 ).
(3) leb = heart; rendered "wisdom" four times (Proverbs 10:21 ; Proverbs 11:12 ; Proverbs 15:21 ; Proverbs 19:8 ).
(4) 'armah = shrewdness; rendered "wisdom" only in Proverbs 8:5 ; elsewhere only in Proverbs 1:4 rendered "subtilty"; Proverbs 1:12 rendered "prudence",
(5) sahal = prudence, or good sense, rendered "wisdom" once (Proverbs 1:3 ); and
(6) sekel = insight, rendered "wisdom" (Proverbs 12:8 ; Proverbs 23:9 ); elsewhere rendered "understanding" (Proverbs 3:4 ; Proverbs 13:15 ; Proverbs 16:22 ), and "prudence" (Proverbs 19:11 ). For "sound wisdom", see note on Proverbs 2:7 .
instruction = admonition or discipline. Sometimes rendered "chastening".
words = sayings. Hebrew. 'imrah. See App-73 .
understanding. Hebrew. binah. See note on "wisdom", Proverbs 1:2 .
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