Châshab — H2803

H2803 · Hebrew — חשב

Pronunciation: khaw-shab'

Definition

verb

properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute

  1. to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count
    1. (Qal)
      1. to think, account
      2. to plan, devise, mean
      3. to charge, impute, reckon
      4. to esteem, value, regard
      5. to invent
    2. (Niphal)
      1. to be accounted, be thought, be esteemed
      2. to be computed, be reckoned
      3. to be imputed
    3. (Piel)
      1. to think upon, consider, be mindful of
      2. to think to do, devise, plan
      3. to count, reckon
    4. (Hithpael) to be considered

Usually translated as

devise, cunning, imagine, think, count, reckon, forecast, purpose, account, esteem, impute, invent, be like, regard, conceive, consider, find out, hold, mean, reckoning be made

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Châshab occurs 124 times in 122 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (4), Exodus (12), Leviticus (8), Numbers (3), Deuteronomy (2), Joshua (1), 1 Samuel (2), 2 Samuel (4), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (2), 2 Chronicles (3), Nehemiah (3), Esther (3), Job (10), Psalms (18), Proverbs (5), Isaiah (12), Jeremiah (12), Lamentations (2), Ezekiel (2), Daniel (2), Hosea (2), Amos (1), Jonah (1), Micah (2), Nahum (2), Zechariah (2), Malachi (1)

Strong's Lexicon — C