Chishshâbôwn — H2810

Definition

masculine noun

a contrivance, i.e. actual (a warlike machine) or mental (a machination)

1. device, invention

Usually translated as

engine, invention

Origin

from H2803

• Derived from Châshab (H2803)

Occurrences

Chishshâbôwn occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Chronicles (1), Ecclesiastes (1)

• 2 Chronicles 26:15 — And he made in Jerusalem engines (חִשְּׁבֹנ֜וֹת), invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
• Ecclesiastes 7:29 — Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions (חִשְּׁבֹנ֥וֹת).