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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”
“hold”
“account”
“conceive”
“reckon”
“imagine”
“be like”
“workman”
also renders chârâsh (H2796), ʻâmêl (H6001)
“impute”
also renders logízomai (G3049), ellogéō (G1677)
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Where it appears
124 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Kings 10:21 · HVNrmsa
All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver, because it was considered of little value in the days of Solomon.
1 Samuel 1:13 · HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3fs
Now Hannah spoke in her heart. Only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk.
1 Samuel 18:25 · HVqp3ms
Saul said, “Tell David, ‘The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies.’” Now Saul thought he would make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
2 Chronicles 2:14 · HC/R/Vqc
the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre. He is skillful to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in iron, in stone, in timber, in purple, in blue, in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any kind of engraving and to devise any device, that there may be a place appointed to him with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.
2 Chronicles 9:20 · HVNrmsa
All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. Silver was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.
2 Chronicles 26:15 · HVqrmsa
In Jerusalem, he made devices, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and on the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. His name spread far abroad, because he was marvelously helped until he was strong.
2 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
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