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To know = For discerning. So in verses: Pro_1:3, Pro_1:4, Pro_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 (Pro_1:20; Pro_9:1; Pro_24:7 = true wisdom); forty-two times altogether (6x7. See App-10).
(2) binah = discernment or discrimination. Once rendered "wisdom" (Pro_23:4). Elsewhere, in twelve passages rendered "understanding"; once "knowledge" (Pro_2:3).
(3) leb = heart; rendered "wisdom" four times (Pro_10:21; Pro_11:12; Pro_15:21; Pro_19:8).
(4) 'armah = shrewdness; rendered "wisdom" only in Pro_8:5; elsewhere only in Pro_1:4 rendered "subtilty"; Pro_1:12 rendered "prudence",
(5) sahal = prudence, or good sense, rendered "wisdom" once (Pro_1:3); and
(6) sekel = insight, rendered "wisdom" (Pro_12:8; Pro_23:9); elsewhere rendered "understanding" (Pro_3:4; Pro_13:15; Pro_16:22), and "prudence" (Pro_19:11). For "sound wisdom", see note on Pro_2:7.
instruction = admonition or discipline. Sometimes rendered "chastening".
words = sayings. Hebrew. 'imrah. See App-73.
understanding. Hebrew. binah. See note on "wisdom", Pro_1:2.