STRONGS NUMBER H2803


Word Summary
chashab: to think, account
Original Word: חָשַׁב
Transliteration: chashab
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-shab')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to think, account
Meaning: to think, account
Strong's Concordance
make account of, conceive, consider, count, cunning man, work, workman, devise,

A primitive root; properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) 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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2803. chashab

חָשַׁבverb think, account (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic חֲשַׁב‎, ; Arabic ; Ethiopic id.; Phoenician noun חשב‎ meaning dubious see CISi. 86) —

Qal Perfect ׳חIsaiah 33:8-9t.; חָשַׁבְתָּה2 Samuel 14:13 etc.; Imperfect יַחְשֹׁבIsaiah 10:7 4t.; יַחֲשָׁבֿ2 Samuel 19:20; Psalm 40:18; suffix יַחְשְׁבֵנִיJob 19:11; 33:10; plural יַחְשְׁבוּPsalm 41:8; Daniel 11:25; יַחְשֹׁ֑בוּIsaiah 13:17; יַחֲשֹׁבוּןPsalm 35:20; נַחְשְׁבָהJeremiah 18:18, etc. + 9 t. Imperfect; Infinitive construct לַחְשֹׁבExodus 31:4 3t.; Participle חשֵׁב26:1 15t., חוֺשֵׁב2 Chronicles 26:15; חשְׁבִיםNehemiah 6:2-3t., חשְׁבֵיMicah 2:1 3t.; —

I. of man:

1 think, account יחשׁב כן לא לבבוIsaiah 10:7 not so thinketh his mind; שׁמוֺ חשׁביMalachi 3:16 those thinking of his name; followed by 2 accusative נגוע חשׁבנהוIsaiah 53:4 we thought him stricken; elsewhere with accusative + לְGenesis 38:15 (J), 1 Samuel 1:13; Job 19:15; 35:2; 41:24; so, figurative, of crocodile 41:19 he reckoneth iron as straw.

2 devise, plan, mean, with accusative רָעָה מַחֲשֶׁבֶתEzekiel 38:10, רעהPsalm 35:4; 140:3; Zechariah 7:10; 8:17, תַּהְמֻּכ֑וֺתProverbs 16:30, מְזִמּוֺתPsalm 10:2; 21:12, מִרְמוֺת דִּבְרֵי35:20, אָוֶןMicah 2:1; Ezekiel 11:2; Psalm 36:5, הַוּוֺת52:4; ׳ח על רע(ה)devise evil against Genesis 50:20 (E), Jeremiah 48:2; Nahum 1:11, ׳ח לְ רעהPsalm 41:8, ׳ח על מַחֲשֶׁבֶתJeremiah 11:19; 18:18; 49:30; Daniel 11:25; Esther 8:3; 9:25, ׳ח על כזאת2 Samuel 14:13; with infinitive 1 Samuel 18:25; Jeremiah 18:8; 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 יִשָּׂא לֹא‎).

3 charge, impute ׳ח ל ׳עון‎, 2 Samuel 19:20 impute iniquity to.

4 esteem, value, regard, silver Isaiah 13:17, a man 33:8, the servant of ׳י53:3.

5 invent ingenious and artistic things, ׳ח שׁיר כלי להםAmos 6:5 invent for themselves instruments of music; ׳ח מחשׁבת (כל)invent cunning work (of artistic devices in construction of tabernacle) Exodus 31:4; 35:32, 35 (all P), so 2 Chronicles 2:13; חשֵׁב מַעֲשֵׂהwork of the cunning (ingenious, inventive) workman (of artistic devices in weaving; see especially VB and Di) Exodus 26:1, 31; 28:6, 15; 36:8, 35; 39:3, 8 (all P); חוֺשֵׁב מַחֲשֶׁבֶת2 Chronicles 26:15 inventions of inventive men (of engines of war); וְחשֵׁב חָרָשׁcraftsman and inventive workman (in construction of tabernacle, see above) Exodus 35:35; 38:23 (P).

II. of God:

1 think, with accusative pers + לְ‎ indirect object account one לאויב‎, for an enemy Job 13:24; 33:10; ׳ח כצריו לוֺ19:11 he accounted me unto him as his adversaries.

2 devise, plan, mean, with accusative + ל‎ indirect object לטבהfor good Genesis 50:20 (E); with ל‎ person לִיdevise for me Psalm 40:18; accusative of thing + עַל‎, devise something against a person Micah 2:3; Jeremiah 18:11; towards one 29:11, with אל‎ against 49:20; 50:45; followed by infinitive 26:3; 36:3; Lamentations 2:8.

3 impute, reckon, with accusative of thing + ל‎ person, the habit of believing in ׳יhe reckoned to Abram as righteousness Genesis 15:6 (J E; compare Niph`al 3); not impute iniquity to one Psalm 32:2.

Niph`al Perfect נֶחְשַׁבNumbers 18:27, 30, נֶחְשַׁבְתִּיPsalm 88:5 etc. + 10 t. Perfect; Imperfect יֵחָשֵׁבLeviticus 7:18 7t., etc., + 6 t. Imperfect; Participle נֶחְשָׁבIsaiah 2:22; 1 Kings 10:21; 2 Chronicles 9:20: —

1 be accounted, thought, esteemed, with כְּas Hosea 8:12; Isaiah 5:28; 29:16; 40:15; Psalm 44:23; Job 18:3; 41:21; with לְIsaiah 29:17 = 32:15, Lamentations 4:2; עִםwith, among Psalm 88:5, בַּמֶּהIsaiah 2:22 at what (value) ? (see probably interpolated; omitted by ᵐ5‎); with accusative Deuteronomy 2:11, 20; Proverbs 17:28; Nehemiah 13:13; לוֺ נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ נָכְרִיּוֺתGenesis 31:13 (E; ᵐ5‎ Sam ׳כְּנֶח‎) Isaiah 40:17.

2 be computed, reckoned, with לְJoshua 13:3 (D), עַלLeviticus 25:31 (P), 2 Samuel 4:2: absolute כסףwas 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 לְLeviticus 7:18; Numbers 18:27, 30 (all P), Leviticus 17:4 (H) Proverbs 27:14; the interposition of Phinehas ׳נח לצדקה לוֺPsalm 106:31 was imputed to him for righteousness (compare Qal II 3).

Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular חִשַּׁבLeviticus 25:27 4t.; feminine חִשְּׁבָהJonah 1:4; 1singular חִשַּׁבְתִּיPsalm 77:6; 119:59; Imperfect יְחַשֵּׁבProverbs 16:9; Daniel 11:24, תְּחַשְּׁבוּןNahum 1:9, etc., + 4 t. Imperfect; Participle מְחַשֵּׁבProverbs 24:8: —

1 think upon, consider, be mindful of, with accusative Psalm 77:6; 119:59, וַתְּחַשְּׁבֵהוּ בֶּןאֱֿנוֺשׁ (מה)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, עַלDaniel 11:24; with infinitive Psalm 73:16; Proverbs 24:8; so of inanimate object לְהִשָּׁבֵר חִשְּׁבָה הָאֳנִיָּהJonah 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 25:52 (H), 27:18, 23 (P); with עִם25:50 (P); with אֶת2 Kings 12:16.

Hithpa`el Imperfect יִתְחַשָּׁ֑ב לֹא בַּגּוֺיִםNumbers 23:9 (JE) among the nations it shall not reckon itself.

[חֲשַׁב‎] verb think, account (see Biblical Hebrew); —

Pe`al Participle pass plural חֲשִׁיבִון כְּלָהDaniel 4:32 like those not accounted of, of no account, Bev Dr.