חָשַׁבchâshab

חָשַׁב: think, account

Pronunciation: khaw-shab' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2803

Meanings

Qal

I. of man

1. think, account (Isaiah 10:7; Malachi 3:16; Isaiah 53:4)

2. devise, plan, mean (Ezekiel 38:10; Psalms 35:4; Psalms 140:3)

3. charge, impute (2 Samuel 19:20)

4. esteem, value, regard (Isaiah 13:17; Isaiah 33:8; Isaiah 53:3)

5. invent (Amos 6:5; Exodus 31:4; Exodus 35:32)

of God

1. think (Job 13:24; Job 33:10; Job 19:11)

2. devise, plan, mean (Genesis 50:20; Psalms 40:18; Micah 2:3)

3. impute, reckon (Genesis 15:6; Psalms 32:2)

Niph`al

1. be accounted, thought, esteemed (Hosea 8:12; Isaiah 5:28; Isaiah 29:16)

2. be computed, reckoned (Joshua 13:3; Leviticus 25:31; 2 Samuel 4:2)

3. be imputed to any one (Leviticus 7:18; Numbers 18:27; Numbers 18:30)

Pi`el

1. think upon, consider, be mindful of (Psalms 77:6; Psalms 119:59; Psalms 144:3)

2. think to do, devise, plan (Proverbs 16:9; Hosea 7:15; Nahum 1:9)

3. count, reckon (Leviticus 25:27; Leviticus 25:52; Leviticus 27:18)

Hithpa`el: it shall not reckon itself (Numbers 23:9)

: think, account

Pe`al: passive, like those not accounted of (Daniel 4:32)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 124 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 15:6 And Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord counted him as righteous because of his faith.
  • Genesis 31:15 He has reduced our rights to those of foreign women. And after he sold us, he wasted the money you paid him for us.
  • Genesis 38:15 Judah noticed her and thought she was a prostitute, since she had covered her face.
  • Genesis 50:20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people.
  • Exodus 26:1 “Make the Tabernacle from ten curtains of finely woven linen. Decorate the curtains with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.
  • Exodus 26:31 “For the inside of the Tabernacle, make a special curtain of finely woven linen. Decorate it with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.
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