חֶשְׁבּוֹןcheshbôwn

reckoning, account (Ecclesiastes 9:10; Ecclesiastes 7:25; Ecclesiastes 7:27)

Pronunciation: khesh-bone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2808

Same root

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).