26 occurrences in 11 translations

'Comprehend' in the Bible

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

"With them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says: "You will listen and listen but never understand. You will look and look but never comprehend,

Verse ConceptsReprobatesBeing Without UnderstandingScriptures FulfilledThe Faculty Of SightNamed Prophets Of The Lordfulfillment

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, and the meaning of this statement was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend the things that were said.

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

But these men do not understand the things they slander, and they are being destroyed by the very things that, like irrational animals, they instinctively comprehend.

Verse ConceptsInstinctDestruction Of The WickedMammalsMental Abuse

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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