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חָשַׁב
châshab · Hebrew · Strong's H2803 · 124 occurrences
The KJV renders 28 different Hebrew and Greek words as “work”
What it means
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
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
account, conceive, consider, count, cunning man, work, workman, devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon, regard, think
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“work”
also renders
ergázomai (G2038), poiéō (G4160), ergasía (G2039), érgon (G2041), prâxis (G4234), katergázomai (G2716), energéō (G1754), lógos (G3056), prâgma (G4229), dâbâr (H1697), yᵉgîyaʻ (H3018), yêtser (H3336), mᵉlâʼkâh (H4399), maʻbâd (H4566), maʻbâd (H4567), maʻălâl (H4611), miphʻâl (H4659), miqshâh (H4749), ʻăbad (H5648), ʻăbôdâh (H5656), ʻăbîydâh (H5673), ʻălîylâh (H5949), ʻâsâh (H6213), pâlâʼ (H6381), pâʻal (H6466), pôʻal (H6467), pᵉʻullâh (H6468)“consider”
also renders
skopéō (G4648), syneídō (G4894), eídō (G1492), theōréō (G2334), anatheōréō (G333), dialogízomai (G1260), katamanthánō (G2648), syníēmi (G4920), analogízomai (G357), katanoéō (G2657), noiéō (G3539), bîyn (H995), zâmam (H2161), yâdaʻ (H3045), nâbaṭ (H5027), nâthan (H5414), pâçag (H6448), shîyth (H7896), sâkal (H7919), sᵉkal (H7920), shâmaʻ (H8085)“think”
also renders
phronéō (G5426), logízomai (G3049), dokéō (G1380), dialogízomai (G1260), enthyméomai (G1760), oíomai (G3633), krínō (G2919), noiéō (G3539), hyponoéō (G5282), hēgéomai (G2233), bîyn (H995), dâbar (H1696), dâmâh (H1819), zâmam (H2161), çᵉbar (H5452), ʻâshath (H6245), ʻăshith (H6246), shâʻar (H8176)“purpose”
also renders
poiéō (G4160), gnṓmē (G1106), protíthemai (G4388), títhēmi (G5087), bouleúō (G1011), boúlēma (G1013), proairéomai (G4255), próthesis (G4286), dâbâr (H1697), zimmâh (H2154), zâmam (H2161), chêphets (H2656), yâʻats (H3289), machăshâbâh (H4284), ʻêtsâh (H6098), tsᵉbûw (H6640), shâthâh (H8356)“regard”
also renders
phronéō (G5426), blépō (G991), entrépō (G1788), epiblépō (G1914), bîyn (H995), dibrâh (H1700), chûwç (H2347), yâdaʻ (H3045), nâbaṭ (H5027), qâshab (H7181), shûwr (H7789), shâmaʻ (H8085), shâʻâh (H8159)Where it appears
124 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Kings 10:21 HVNrmsa1 Samuel 1:13 HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3fs1 Samuel 18:25 HVqp3ms2 Chronicles 2:14 HC/R/Vqc2 Chronicles 9:20 HVNrmsa2 Chronicles 26:15 HVqrmsa2 Kings 12:15 HVpi3mp2 Kings 22:7 HVNi3ms2 Samuel 4:2 HVNi3fs2 Samuel 14:13 HVqp2ms2 Samuel 14:14 HC/Vqq3ms2 Samuel 19:19 HVqj3msAmos 6:5 HVqp3cpDaniel 11:24 HVpi3msDaniel 11:25 HVqi3mpDeuteronomy 2:11 HVNi3mpDeuteronomy 2:20 HVNi3fsEsther 8:3 HVqp3msEsther 9:24 HVqp3msEsther 9:25 HVqp3msExodus 26:1 HVqrmsaExodus 26:31 HVqrmsaExodus 28:6 HVqrmsaExodus 28:15 HVqrmsaExodus 31:4 HR/VqcExodus 35:32 HC/R/VqcExodus 35:35 HC/VqrmpcExodus 36:8 HVqrmsaExodus 36:35 HVqrmsaExodus 38:23 HC/VqrmsaExodus 39:3 HVqrmsaExodus 39:8 HVqrmsaEzekiel 11:2 HTd/VqrmpaEzekiel 38:10 HC/Vqq2msGenesis 15:6 HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3fsGenesis 31:15 HVNp1cpGenesis 38:15 HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3fsGenesis 50:20 HVqp2mpHosea 7:15 HVpi3mpHosea 8:12 HVNp3cpIsaiah 2:22 HVNrmsaIsaiah 5:28 HVNp3cpIsaiah 10:7 HVqi3msIsaiah 13:17 HVqi3mpIsaiah 29:16 HVNi3msIsaiah 29:17 HVNi3msIsaiah 32:15 HVNi3msIsaiah 33:8 HVqp3msIsaiah 40:15 HVNp3cpIsaiah 40:17 HVNp3cpIsaiah 53:3 HVqp1cp/Sp3msIsaiah 53:4 HVqp1cp/Sp3msJeremiah 11:19 HVqp3cpJeremiah 18:8 HVqp1csJeremiah 18:11 HC/VqrmsaJeremiah 18:18 HC/Vqh1cpJeremiah 23:27 HTd/VqrmpaJeremiah 26:3 HVqrmsaJeremiah 29:11 HVqrmsaJeremiah 36:3 HVqrmsa
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.