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Lexicon :: Strong's H2803 - ḥāšaḇ

Aa
חָשַׁב
Transliteration
ḥāšaḇ
Pronunciation
khaw-shav'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 767

Strong’s Definitions

חָשַׁב châshab, khaw-shab'; a primitive root; 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:—(make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 124x

The KJV translates Strong's H2803 in the following manner: count (23x), devise (22x), think (18x), imagine (9x), cunning (8x), reckon (7x), purpose (6x), esteem (6x), account (5x), impute (4x), forecast (2x), regard (2x), workman (2x), conceived (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 124x
The KJV translates Strong's H2803 in the following manner: count (23x), devise (22x), think (18x), imagine (9x), cunning (8x), reckon (7x), purpose (6x), esteem (6x), account (5x), impute (4x), forecast (2x), regard (2x), workman (2x), conceived (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

  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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָשַׁב châshab, khaw-shab'; a primitive root; 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:—(make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.
STRONGS H2803: Abbreviations
† חָשַׁב verb think, account (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic חֲשַׁב, bdb036203; Arabic bdb036204; Ethiopic bdb036205 id.; Phoenician noun חשב meaning dubious see CISi. 86) —
Qal Perfect ח׳ Isaiah 33:8 + 9 times; חָשַׁבְתָּה 2 Samuel 14:13 etc.; Imperfect יַחְשֹׁב Isaiah 10:7 + 4 times; יַחֲשָׁבֿ 2 Samuel 19:20; Psalm 40:18 [Psalm 40:17]; suffix יַחְשְׁבֵנִי Job 19:11; Job 33:10; plural יַחְשְׁבוּ Psalm 41:8; Daniel 11:25; יַחְשֹׁ֑בוּ Isaiah 13:17; יַחֲשֹׁבוּן Psalm 35:20; נַחְשְׁבָה Jeremiah 18:18, etc. + 9 times Imperfect; Infinitive construct לַחְשֹׁב Exodus 31:4 + 3 times; Participle חשֵׁב Exodus 26:1 + 15 times, חוֺשֵׁב 2 Chronicles 26:15; חשְׁבִים Nehemiah 6:2 + 3 times, חשְׁבֵי Micah 2:1 + 3 times; — I. of man:
1. think, account לבבו לא כן יחשׁב Isaiah 10:7 not so thinketh his mind; חשׁבי שׁמוֺ Malachi 3:16 those thinking of his name; followed by 2 accusatives חשׁבנהו נגוע Isaiah 53:4 we thought him stricken; elsewhere with accusative + לְ Genesis 38:15 (J), 1 Samuel 1:13; Job 19:15; Job 35:2; Job 41:24; so, figurative, of crocodile Job 41:19 he reckoneth iron as straw.
2. devise, plan, mean, with accusative מַחֲשֶׁבֶת רָעָה Ezekiel 38:10, רעה Psalm 35:4; Psalm 140:3; Zechariah 7:10; Zechariah 8:17, תַּהְפֻּכ֑וֹת Proverbs 16:30, מְזִמּוֺת Psalm 10:2; Psalm 21:12, דִּבְרֵי מִרְמוֺת Psalm 35:20, אָוֶן Micah 2:1; Ezekiel 11:2; Psalm 36:5, הַוּוֺת Psalm 52:4; רע(ה) על ח׳ devise evil against Genesis 50:20 (E), Jeremiah 48:2; Nahum 1:11, רעה לְ ח׳ Psalm 41:8, מַחֲשֶׁבֶת על ח׳ Jeremiah 11:19; Jeremiah 18:18; Jeremiah 49:30; Daniel 11:25; Esther 8:3; Esther 9:25, כזאת על ח׳ 2 Samuel 14:13; with infinitive 1 Samuel 18:25; Jeremiah 18:8; Jeremiah 23:27; Job 6:26; Nehemiah 6:2, 6; Esther 9:24; Psalm 140:5; with לבלתי + Imperfect 2 Samuel 14:14 (where, however, Ew reads חוֺבֵ for וחשׁב compare We Dr; in this case לבלתי carries on לֹא יִשָּׂא).
3. charge, impute עון ל׳ ח׳, 2 Samuel 19:20 impute iniquity to.
4. esteem, value, regard, silver Isaiah 13:17, a man Isaiah 33:8, the servant of י׳ Isaiah 53:3.
5. invent ingenious and artistic things, להם כלי שׁיר ח׳ Amos 6:5 invent for themselves instruments of music; (כל) מחשׁבת ח׳ invent cunning work (of artistic devices in construction of tabernacle) Exodus 31:4; Exodus 35:32, 35 (all P), so 2 Chronicles 2:13; מַעֲשֵׂה חשֵׁב work of the cunning (ingenious, inventive) workman (of artistic devices in weaving; see especially VB and Di) Exodus 26:1, 31; Exodus 28:6, 15; Exodus 36:8, 35; Exodus 39:3, 8 (all P); מַחֲשֶׁבֶת חוֺשֵׁב 2 Chronicles 26:15 inventions of inventive men (of engines of war); חָרָשׁ וְחשֵׁב craftsman and inventive workman (in construction of tabernacle, see above) Exodus 35:35; Exodus 38:23 (P).
II. of God:
1. think, with accusative of persson + לְ indirect object account one לאויב, for an enemy Job 13:24; Job 33:10; לוֺ כצריו ח׳ Job 19:11 he accounted me unto him as his adversaries.
2. devise, plan, mean, with accusative + ל indirect object לטבה for good Genesis 50:20 (E); with ל person לִי devise for me Psalm 40:18; accusative of thing + עַל, devise something against a person Micah 2:3; Jeremiah 18:11; towards one Jeremiah 29:11, with אל against Jeremiah 49:20; Jeremiah 50:45; followed by infinitive Jeremiah 26:3; Jeremiah 36:3; Lamentations 2:8.
3. impute, reckon, with accusative of thing + ל person, the habit of believing in י׳ he reckoned to Abram as righteousness Genesis 15:6 (J E; compare Niph. 3); not impute iniquity to one Psalm 32:2.
Niph.. Perfect נֶחְשַׁב Numbers 18:27, 30, נֶחְשַׁבְתִּי Psalm 88:5 etc. + 10 times Perfect; Imperfect יֵחָשֵׁב Leviticus 7:18 + 7 times, etc., + 6 times Imperfect; Participle נֶחְשָׁב Isaiah 2:22; 1 Kings 10:21; 2 Chronicles 9:20: —
1. be accounted, thought, esteemed, with כְּ as Hosea 8:12; Isaiah 5:28; Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 40:15; Psalm 44:23; Job 18:3; Job 41:21; with לְ Isaiah 29:17 = Isaiah 32:15, Lamentations 4:2; עִם with, among Psalm 88:5, בַּמֶּה Isaiah 2:22 at what (value) ? (see probably interpolated; omitted by Greek Version of the LXX); with accusative Deuteronomy 2:11, 20; Proverbs 17:28; Nehemiah 13:13; נָכְרִיּוֺת נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ לוֺ Genesis 31:13 (E; Greek Version of the LXX Sam כְּנֶח׳) Isaiah 40:17.
2. be computed, reckoned, with לְ Joshua 13:3 (D), עַל Leviticus 25:31 (P), 2 Samuel 4:2: absolute כסף was not counted (so plentiful was it) 1 Kings 10:21 2 Chronicles 9:20; 2 Kings 22:7.
3. be imputed to any one, with לְ Leviticus 7:18; Numbers 18:27, 30 (all P), Leviticus 17:4 (H) Proverbs 27:14; the interposition of Phinehas לוֺ לצדקה נח׳ Psalm 106:31 was imputed to him for righteousness (compare Qal II 3).
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular חִשַּׁב Leviticus 25:27 + 4 times; feminine חִשְּׁבָה Jonah 1:4; 1st person singular חִשַּׁבְתִּי Psalm 77:6; Psalm 119:59; Imperfect יְחַשֵּׁב Proverbs 16:9; Daniel 11:24, תְּחַשְּׁבוּן Nahum 1:9, etc., + 4 times Imperfect; Participle מְחַשֵּׁב Proverbs 24:8: —
1. think upon, consider, be mindful of, with accusative Psalm 77:6; Psalm 119:59, (מה) בֶּןאֱֿנוֺשׁ וַתְּחַשְּׁבֵהוּ Psalm 144:3 what (is) man's son, and thou thinkest upon him (|| תֵּדָעֵהוּ).
2. think to do, devise, plan, with accusative Proverbs 16:9, אֶל of persons against whom Hosea 7:15; Nahum 1:9, עַל Daniel 11:24; with infinitive Psalm 73:16; Proverbs 24:8; so of inanimate object הָאֳנִיָּה חִשְּׁבָה לְהִשָּׁבֵר Jonah 1:4 the ship was about to (minded to) be broken up.
3. count, reckon, the years since a sale of land Leviticus 25:27 (H); with לְ person Leviticus 25:52 (H), Leviticus 27:18, 23 (P); with עִם Leviticus 25:50 (P); with אֶת 2 Kings 12:16.
Hithp. Imperfect בַּגּוֺיִם לֹא יִתְחַשָּׁ֑ב Numbers 23:9 (JE) among the nations it shall not reckon itself.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H2804.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:6; 31:13; 38:15; 50:20; 50:20

Exodus

26:1; 26:1; 26:31; 28:6; 28:15; 31:4; 31:4; 35:32; 35:35; 35:35; 36:8; 36:35; 38:23; 39:3; 39:8

Leviticus

7:18; 7:18; 17:4; 25:27; 25:27; 25:31; 25:50; 25:52; 27:18; 27:23

Numbers

18:27; 18:27; 18:30; 18:30; 23:9

Deuteronomy

2:11; 2:20

Joshua

13:3

1 Samuel

1:13; 18:25

2 Samuel

4:2; 14:13; 14:13; 14:14; 19:20; 19:20

1 Kings

10:21; 10:21

2 Kings

12:16; 22:7

2 Chronicles

2:13; 9:20; 9:20; 26:15; 26:15

Nehemiah

6:2; 6:2; 6:6; 13:13

Esther

8:3; 9:24; 9:25

Job

6:26; 13:24; 18:3; 19:11; 19:11; 19:15; 33:10; 33:10; 35:2; 41:19; 41:21; 41:24

Psalms

10:2; 21:12; 32:2; 35:4; 35:20; 35:20; 36:5; 40:17; 41:8; 41:8; 44:23; 52:4; 73:16; 77:6; 77:6; 88:5; 88:5; 106:31; 119:59; 119:59; 140:3; 140:5; 144:3

Proverbs

16:9; 16:9; 16:30; 17:28; 24:8; 24:8; 27:14

Isaiah

2:22; 2:22; 5:28; 10:7; 10:7; 13:17; 13:17; 29:16; 29:17; 32:15; 33:8; 33:8; 40:15; 40:17; 53:3; 53:4

Jeremiah

11:19; 18:8; 18:11; 18:18; 18:18; 23:27; 26:3; 29:11; 36:3; 48:2; 49:20; 49:30; 50:45

Lamentations

2:8; 4:2

Ezekiel

11:2; 38:10

Daniel

11:24; 11:24; 11:25; 11:25

Hosea

7:15; 8:12

Amos

6:5

Jonah

1:4; 1:4

Micah

2:1; 2:1; 2:3

Nahum

1:9; 1:9; 1:11

Zechariah

7:10; 8:17

Malachi

3:16

H2803

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Strong's Number H2803 matches the Hebrew חָשַׁב (ḥāšaḇ),
which occurs 124 times in 122 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (Jer 36:3–Mal 3:16)

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