26 occurrences

'Comprehend' in the Bible

hear in heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls upon (prays to) You, so that all peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You [with reverence and awe], as do Your people Israel, and that they may know [without any doubt] that this house which I have built is called by Your name.

Verse ConceptsHousesReverence, And God's NatureGod Acts From HeavenA Place For God's NameKnowing God's Character

“Can you discover the depths of God?Can you [by searching] discover the limits of the Almighty [ascend to His heights, extend to His widths, and comprehend His infinite perfection]?

Verse ConceptsGod, Power OfMysteryRevelation, Necessity OfSpiritual DepthsFinding GodGod's Ways Beyond Human UnderstandingLimits Of Human MindFinding LoveGods Planlimitations

“God thunders marvelously with His voice;He does great things which we cannot comprehend.

Verse ConceptsRevelation, Necessity OfTheophanyUnderstandingVoicesAmazement, Of God's ActionsUnintelligibleness

To know [skillful and godly] wisdom and instruction;To discern and comprehend the words of understanding and insight,

Verse ConceptsAcquiring WisdomDisciplineDiscernmentWisdom And GuidanceMoralityfitnesswise

“As often as it passes through, it will seize you;For morning after morning it will pass through, by day and by night,And it will be sheer terror to understand what it means.”

Verse ConceptsEvery MorningFearing God's Wordterrorism

He who has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words.

Verse ConceptsHearingTeachablenessListening To God

He who has ears [to hear], let him hear and heed My words.”

Verse ConceptsHearing

For this nation’s heart has grown hard,And with their ears they hardly hear,And they have [tightly] closed their eyes,Otherwise they would see with their eyes,And hear with their ears,And understand with their heart, and turn [to Me]And I would heal them [spiritually].’

Verse ConceptsDeafnessConversion, examples ofHardened HeartsEyes, Figurative UseEarsHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedIndifferenceWilful IgnoranceInsensibilityDullnessSpiritual DeafnessNature Of The HeartTurning To GodRefusing To HearEvil EyesNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsBeing Without UnderstandingFeelingGod HealsUnhearing

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom [regarding salvation] and does not understand and grasp it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.

Verse ConceptsSatan, Titles ForSatan, As DeceiverSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfNames And Titles For SatanSatan, Work OfSowing In VainUsing RoadsNot Understanding SayingsOther References To The HeartParables Of The KingdomTaking God's ThingsSeeds

After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said, “Listen and understand this:

Verse ConceptsCrowdsListeningAdvice, Receiving God's AdviceChrist Summoning

And He said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words.”

Verse ConceptsHearingRevelation, Responses To

so that they will continually look but not see, and they will continually hear but not understand, otherwise they might turn [from their rejection of the truth] and be forgiven.”

Verse ConceptsUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfTurning To GodNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsBeing Without UnderstandingGod Not Forgiving

If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words.”

With many such parables, Jesus spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear and understand it;

Verse ConceptsUnderstandingHearing ChristJesus Using Parables

[If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”]

But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him [what He meant].

Verse ConceptsFools, In Teaching Of Jesus ChristFear, Of UnknownNot Asking OthersNot Understanding Sayings

But they did not understand what He had said to them.

Verse ConceptsNot Understanding Sayings

However, they did not understand this statement. Its meaning was kept hidden from them so that they would not grasp it; and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

Verse ConceptsDullnessNot Asking OthersFear Of ChristNot Understanding SayingsGod's Things Concealed

It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words.”

Verse Conceptsdung and manure

But the disciples understood none of these things [about the approaching death and resurrection of Jesus]. This statement was hidden from them, and they did not grasp the [meaning of the] things that were said [by Jesus].

Verse ConceptsDullnessNot Understanding SayingsGod's Things Concealed

His disciples did not understand [the meaning of] these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified and exalted, they remembered that these things had been written about Him and had been done to Him.

Verse ConceptsRememberingUnderstandingRemembering ChristNot Understanding SayingsScriptures Fulfilled

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the [Holy] Spirit who is from God, so that we may know and understand the [wonderful] things freely given to us by God.

Verse ConceptsGrace, And Holy SpiritUnderstandingGod Giving UnderstandingGod Giving His SpiritTaught By The SpiritKnowing About God's KingdomSpiritual Giftssonship

and that by [divine] revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I have already written in brief.

Verse ConceptsGod Revealing MysteriesConcisenessWriting Letters

Bible Theasaurus

Apprehend (9 instances)
Compass (49 instances)
Comprehend (53 instances)
Conceive (28 instances)
Embrace (21 instances)
Encompass (10 instances)
Grasp (60 instances)
Include (21 instances)
Perceive (97 instances)
Understand (440 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀνακεφαλαίομαι 
Anakephalaiomai 
Usage: 2

καταλαμβάνω 
Katalambano 
Usage: 14