Bible Dictionary
INTELLIGENCE
Intelligence means understanding or information. In Daniel it refers to having regard for or making common cause with those who forsake the holy covenant; in the Apocrypha it can mean reported information.
Definition
Intelligence means understanding, discernment, or information. It may describe recognizing or having regard for a matter, or it may mean reported information received from another person.
Biblical Usage
Daniel 11:30 uses “have intelligence” in the King James Version for having regard to those who forsake the holy covenant. In 2 Maccabees 3:9 the word means information, a sense retained by the Revised Version.
Historical Background
The Old Testament occurrence translates a word meaning to discriminate or understand.
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>in-tel'-i-gens (bin): Occurs only once in the King James Version as the translation of bin, "to discriminate" (frequently translated "to understand"), in Da 11:30 the King James Version, "(he shall) have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant," the Revised Version (British and American) renders "have regard unto them." "Intelligence" occurs in 2 Macc 3:9 the King James Version, in the sense of information (so the Revised Version (British and American)).</p>