חֶשְׁבּוֹןcheshbôwn
reckoning, account (Ecclesiastes 9:10; Ecclesiastes 7:25; Ecclesiastes 7:27)
Pronunciation: khesh-bone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2808
Same root
- חָשַׁבchâshab · H2803properly, 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
- חֶשְׁבּוֹןCheshbôwn · H2809Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan
- חֲשַׁבְנָהChăshabnâh · H2812Chashnah, an Israelite
- חֲשַׁבְנְיָהChăshabnᵉyâh · H2813Chashabnejah, the name of two Israelites
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Ecclesiastes 7:25 I searched everywhere, determined to find wisdom and to understand the reason for things. I was determined to prove to myself that wickedness is stupid and that foolishness is madness.
- Ecclesiastes 7:27 “This is my conclusion,” says the Teacher. “I discovered this after looking at the matter from every possible angle.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatever you do, do well. For when you go to the grave, there will be no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).