19 occurrences in 13 translations

'Sense' in the Bible

Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another.

So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.

And these two had a dream on the same night; the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker of the king of Egypt, who were in prison, the two of them had dreams with a special sense.

Then they said to him, We have had a dream, and no one is able to give us the sense. And Joseph said, Does not the sense of dreams come from God? what was your dream?

Then Joseph said, This is the sense of your dream: the three branches are three days;

Now when the chief bread-maker saw that the first dream had a good sense, he said to Joseph, I had a dream; and in my dream there were three baskets of white bread on my head;

Then Joseph said, This is the sense of your dream: the three baskets are three days;

And in the morning his spirit was troubled; and he sent for all the wise men of Egypt and all the holy men, and put his dream before them, but no one was able to give him the sense of it.

And we had a dream on the same night, the two of us, and the dreams had a special sense.

And there was with us a young Hebrew, the captain's servant, and when we put our dreams before him, he gave us the sense of them.

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have had a dream, and no one is able to give me the sense of it; now it has come to my ears that you are able to give the sense of a dream when it is put before you.

And the seven thin heads made a meal of the seven good heads; and I put this dream before the wise men, but not one of them was able to give me the sense of it.

Then Joseph said, These two dreams have the same sense: God has made clear to Pharaoh what he is about to do.

The seven fat cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years: the two have the same sense.

And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over the land of Egypt.

This advice made sense to Pharaoh and all his officials.

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Seeing that God has made all this clear to you, there is no other man of such wisdom and good sense as you:

They were not conscious that the sense of their words was clear to Joseph, for he had been talking to them through one who had knowledge of their language.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׂכל שׂכל 
Sekel 
Usage: 16

αἰσθητήριον 
Aistheterion 
Usage: 1

ψυχικός 
Psuchikos 
Usage: 6

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