חִשָּׁבוֹןchishshâbôwn
device, invention (Ecclesiastes 7:29; 2 Chronicles 26:15)
Pronunciation: khish-shaw-bone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2810
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 26:15 And he built structures on the walls of Jerusalem, designed by experts to protect those who shot arrows and hurled large stones from the towers and the corners of the wall. His fame spread far and wide, for the Lord gave him marvelous help, and he became very powerful.
- Ecclesiastes 7:29 But I did find this: God created people to be virtuous, but they have each turned to follow their own downward path.”
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).