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חָשַׁב

to think

also: plan, esteem, calculate, invent fuller range ↓

H2803 Strong's Hebrew
châshab Transliteration
/khaw-shab'/ Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible 124 appearances

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About this entry

At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.

At its core, חשב (châshab) means “to think.” Where the King James Version says “cunning,” newer translations reach for “skillfully” (Berean Standard Bible); the renderings breakdown has the detail. It appears 122 verses across 28 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its common vocabulary. First canonically at Genesis 15:6, it enters the text early. As a verb its force shifts by stem, across 4 stems (Qal, Niphal, and more). Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.

Gloss history

Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship

Strong's · 1890
account
Modern gloss
to think
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current BDB scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown. Download share card

About this word

Strong's H2803 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.

These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →

122
distinct verses
The word appears in 122 distinct verses.
28 / 39
OT books
The word appears in 28 of 39 Old Testament books.
Genesis 15:6
first appearance
The earliest occurrence is in Genesis 15:6.
Malachi 3:16
last appearance
The latest occurrence is in Malachi 3:16.
#354
by frequency
Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 354 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).

View all 122 occurrences in the concordance →


Most concentrated in

By section of the Old Testament

  • Pentateuch 29 · 24%
  • Historical 19 · 16%
  • Wisdom 33 · 27%
  • Prophets 41 · 34%

By traditional corpus

Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 122 distinct verses.

  • Prophets (Nevi'im) 47 verses · 39%
  • Writings (Ketuvim) 46 verses · 38%
  • Torah (Pentateuch) 29 verses · 24%

How translations render this word

Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).

  • King James Version: Cunning 7×, Devise 7×, I thought 3×
  • American Standard Version: Devise 8×, Skilful 6×, Skilful workman 4×
  • Berean Standard Bible: Skillfully 5×, They devise 4×, He has devised 3×
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text: Skillful craftsman 4×, And 3×, Devise 3×

King James Version Public Domain

Renders H2803 across 124 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Cunning” 7×
  • “Devise” 7×
  • “I thought” 3×
  • “Shall be counted” 3×
  • “Think” 3×
  • “Thought” 3×
  • “Are counted” 2×
  • “Cunning workman” 2×
  • “Deviseth” 2×
  • “Do ye imagine” 2×
  • “He hath purposed” 2×
  • “I purpose” 2×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 78 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.

American Standard Version Public Domain

Renders H2803 across 124 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Devise” 8×
  • “Skilful” 6×
  • “Skilful workman” 4×
  • “Against me” 3×
  • “Deviseth” 3×
  • “I thought” 3×
  • “Thought” 3×
  • “Accounted” 2×
  • “Against you” 2×
  • “Are accounted” 2×
  • “Be esteemed” 2×
  • “He had devised” 2×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 72 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.

Berean Standard Bible Public Domain

Renders H2803 across 118 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Skillfully” 5×
  • “They devise” 4×
  • “He has devised” 3×
  • “Plot” 3×
  • “Account” 2×
  • “Design” 2×
  • “Devise” 2×
  • “Devises” 2×
  • “He counts me” 2×
  • “I considered” 2×
  • “Intended” 2×
  • “Is considered” 2×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 79 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 6 further occurrences.

unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Renders H2803 across 138 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Skillful craftsman” 4×
  • “And” 3×
  • “Devise” 3×
  • “He shall calculate” 3×
  • “Shall be reckoned” 3×
  • “Skillful workman” 3×
  • “They plan” 3×
  • “Devising” 2×
  • “He devises” 2×
  • “Is” 2×
  • “Plan” 2×
  • “Plans” 2×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 90 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.


20 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB

Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hithpael (reflexive or reciprocal).

What do BDB’s symbols mean?

BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:

Symbol Meaning
𝔊 the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX)
𝔙 the Vulgate (the Latin translation)
𝔖 the Syriac version (the Peshitta)
𝔗 the Targum (the Aramaic translation)
ψ the Psalms
√ root (the underlying root or stem)
‖ parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel)
† the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited

The 20 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.

Qal

  • Pf. ח׳ Is 33:8 + 9 times; חָשַׁבְתָּה 2 S 14:13 etc.; Impf. יַחְשֹׁב Is 10:7 + 4 times; יַחֲשָׁב־ 2 S 19:20 ψ 40:18; sf. יַחְשְׁבֵנִי Jb 19:11; 33:10; pl. יַחְשְׁבוּ ψ 41:8 Dn 11:25; יַחְשֹׁ֑בוּ Is 13:17; יַחֲשֹׁבוּן ψ 35:20; נַחְשְׁבָה Je 18:18, etc. + 9 times Impf.; inf. cstr. לַחְשֹׁב Ex 31:4 + 3 times; Pt. חֹשֵׁב Ex 26:1 + 15 times, חוֹשֵׁב 2 Ch 26:15; חֹשְׁבִים Ne 6:2 + 3 times, חֹשְׁבֵי Mi 2:1 + 3 times;— e.g. Isaiah 33:8
  • I. of man:
    • 1. think, account לבבו לא כן יחשׁב Is 10:7 not so thinketh his mind; חשׁבי שׁמוֹ Mal 3:16 those thinking of his name; sq. 2 acc. חשׁבנהו נגוע Is 53:4 we thought him stricken; elsewhere c. acc. + לְ Gn 38:15 (J), 1 S 1:13 Jb 19:15; 35:2; 41:24; so, fig., of crocodile Jb 41:19 he reckoneth iron as straw. e.g. Isaiah 10:7
    • 2. devise, plan, mean, c. acc. מַחֲשֶׁבֶת רָעָה Ez 38:10, רעה ψ 35:4; 140:3 Zc 7:10; 8:17, תַּהְפֻּכ֑וֹת Pr 16:30, מְזִמּוֹת ψ 10:2; 21:12, דִּבְרֵי מִרְמוֹת ψ 35:20, אָוֶן Mi 2:1 Ez 11:2 ψ 36:5, הַוּוֹת ψ 52:4; ח׳ רע(ה) על devise evil against Gn 50:20 (E), Je 48:2 Na 1:11, ח׳ רעה לְ ψ 41:8, ח׳ מַחֲשֶׁבֶת על Je 11:19; 18:11, 18; 49:30 Dn 11:25 Est 8:3; 9:25, ח׳ כזאת על 2 S 14:13; c. inf. 1 S 18:25 Je 18:8; 23:27 Jb 6:26 Ne 6:2, 6 Est 9:24 ψ 140:5; c. לבלתי + Impf. 2 S 14:14 (reading חוֹשֵׁב for וְחָשַׁב and taking man as subj. We Dr; in this case לבלתי carries on לֹא יִשָּׂא). e.g. Ezekiel 38:10
    • 3. count, reckon ח׳ עון ל׳, 2 S 19:20 ψ 32:2 reckon iniquity to. e.g. 2 Samuel 19:20
    • 4. esteem, value, regard, silver Is 13:17, a man Is 33:8, the servant of י׳ Is 53:3. e.g. Isaiah 13:17
    • 5. invent ingenious and artistic things, ח׳ להם כלי שׁיר Am 6:5 invent for themselves instruments of music; ח׳ (כל) מחשׁבת invent cunning work (of artistic devices in constr. of tabern.) Ex 31:4; 35:32, 35 (all P), so 2 Ch 2:13; מַעֲשֵׂה חֹשֵׁב work of the cunning (ingenious, inventive) workman (of artistic devices in weaving; see especially VB and Di) Ex 26:1, 31; 28:6, 15; 36:8, 35; 39:3, 8 (all P); מַחֲשֶׁבֶת חוֹשֵׁב 2 Ch 26:15 inventions of inventive men (of engines of war); חָרָשׁ וְחשֵׁב craftsman and inventive workman (in constr. of tabern., vid. supr.) Ex 35:35; 38:23 (P). e.g. Amos 6:5
  • II. of God:
    • 1. think, c. acc. pers. + לְ indirect obj. account one לאויב, for an enemy Jb 13:24; 33:10; ח׳ לוֹ כצריו Jb 19:11 he accounted me unto him as his adversaries. e.g. Job 13:24
    • 2. devise, plan, mean, c. acc. + ל indirect obj. לטבה for good Gn 50:20 (E); c. ל pers. לִי devise for me ψ 40:18; acc. rei + עַל, devise something against a person Mi 2:3 Je 18:11; towards one Je 29:11, c. אל against Je 49:20; 50:45; sq. inf. Je 26:3; 36:3 La 2:8. e.g. Genesis 50:20
    • 3. count, reckon c. acc. rei + ל pers., the habit of believing in י׳ he reckoned to Abram as righteousness Gn 15:6 (JE; cf. Niph. 3); not reckon iniquity to one ψ 32:2. e.g. Genesis 15:6

Niphal

  • Pf. נֶחְשַׁב Nu 18:27, 30, נֶחְשַׁבְתִּי ψ 88:5 etc. + 10 times Pf.; Impf. יֵחָשֵׁב Lv 7:18 + 7 times, etc., + 6 times Impf.; Pt. נֶחְשָׁב Is 2:22 1 K 10:21 2 Ch 9:20:— e.g. Numbers 18:27
  • 1. be accounted, thought, esteemed, c. כְּ as Ho 8:12 Is 5:28; 29:16; 40:15 ψ 44:23 Jb 18:3; 41:21; c. לְ Is 29:17 = 32:15, La 4:2; עִם with, among ψ 88:5, בַּמֶּה Is 2:22 at what (value)? (v. prob. interpol.; om. 𝔊); c. acc. Dt 2:11, 20 Pr 17:28 Ne 13:13; נָכְרִיּוֹת נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ לוֹ Gn 31:15 (E; 𝔊 Sam כְּנֶח׳) Is 40:17. e.g. Hosea 8:12
  • 2. be computed, reckoned, c. לְ Jos 13:3 (D), עַל Lv 25:31 (P), 2 S 4:2: abs. כסף was not counted (so plentiful was it) 1 K 10:21 = 2 Ch 9:20 2 K 22:7. e.g. Joshua 13:3
  • 3. be imputed to any one, c. לְ Lv 7:18 Nu 18:27, 30 (all P), Lv 17:4 (H) Pr 27:14; the interposition of Phinehas נח׳ לוֹ לצדקה ψ 106:31 was imputed to him for righteousness (cf. Qal II 3). e.g. Leviticus 7:18

Piel

  • Pf. 3 ms. חִשַּׁב Lv 25:27 + 4 times; f. חִשְּׁבָה Jon 1:4; 1 s. חִשַּׁבְתִּי ψ 77:6; 119:59; Impf. יְחַשֵּׁב Pr 16:9 Dn 11:24, תְּחַשְּׁבוּן Na 1:9, etc., + 4 times Impf.; Pt. מְחַשֵּׁב Pr 24:8:— e.g. Leviticus 25:27
  • 1. think upon, consider, be mindful of, c. acc. ψ 77:6; 119:59, (מה) בֶּן־אֱנוֹשׁ וַתְּחַשְּׁבֵהוּ (מה) ψ 144:3 what (is) man’s son, and thou thinkest upon him (‖ תֵּדָעֵהוּ). e.g. Psalms 77:6
  • 2. think to do, devise, plan. c. acc. Pr 16:9, אֶל of persons against whom Ho 7:15 Na 1:9, עַל Dn 11:24; c. inf. ψ 73:16 Pr 24:8; so of inanim. object הָאֳנִיָּה חִשְּׁבָה לְהִשָּׁבֵר Jon 1:4 the ship was about to (minded to) be broken up. e.g. Proverbs 16:9
  • 3. count, reckon, the years since a sale of land Lv 25:27 (H); c. לְ pers. Lv 25:52 (H), 27:18, 23 (P); c. עִם Lv 25:50 (P); c. אֶת 2 K 12:16. e.g. Leviticus 25:27

Hithpael

  • Impf. בַּגּוֹיִם לֹא יִתְחַשָּׁ֑ב Nu 23:9 (JE) among the nations it shall not reckon itself. e.g. Numbers 23:9

Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.


Word origin

vb. think, account (NH id.; Aramaic חֲשַׁב, ܚܫܶܒ Arabic حَسَبَ; Ethiopic ሐሰበ: id.; Ph. n. חשב meaning dub. v. CISi. 86)—

— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.

Origin: a primitive root

Part of speech: Verb TWOT: 767


Jastrow Dictionary

A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.

חָשַׁב

  • 1. to think, intend, plan. Ber. 6ᵃ; Kidd. 40ᵃ (ref. to Mal. III, 16) אפי׳ ח׳ אדם וכ׳ even if one only had the intention of doing etc.; Sabb. 63ᵃ חִישֵּׁב (Pi.).—Tanḥ. P’kudé 11 וכשהן חוֹשְׁבִין להעמידו וכ׳ and when they thought they had put it up, it fell apart again. Sot. 35ᵃ אני חֲשַׁבְתִּיהָ … והם חָשְׁבוּ וכ׳ I planned it for their good, but they considered it an evil; a. fr. e.g. Malachi 3:16
  • 2. to consider, regard; to count. Ber. 14ᵃ (ref. to Is. II, 22) במה חֲשַׁבְתּוֹ לזה ולא לאלוה with what right didst thou pay thy regard to him and not to God?—Sot. l. c., v. supra. Pesik. R. s. 21, v. סוֹפִיסְטָא; a. fr. e.g. Isaiah 2:22
  • 3. to design, trace. Yoma 72ᵇ (ref. to חשב a. רקם, Ex. XXVI, 31ᵃ 36) רוקמין במקום שחוֹשְׁבִין they embroidered over what they had traced.—Part. pass. חָשׁוּב fem. חֲשׁוּבָה a) counted, regarded; ח׳ כ־ equal to. Lam. R. to I, 5 לא … מדינה ח׳ כלום the country towns were of no account. Ned. 64ᵇ ח׳ כמת is like dead; ib. חֲשׁוּבִין כמת; Gen. R. s. 71 חֲשׁוּבִים כמתים; a. fr.—b) valuable; important; respectable, of high standing. Bets. 3ᵇ ביצה ח׳ an egg is a valuable object. Ber. 19ᵃ, a. fr. אדם ח׳ שאני with a man of high standing it is different. Pes. 108ᵃ אשה ח׳ a woman of rank. Tanḥ. Shmini 9 איש ח׳ שמחשבים וכ׳ a man of standing whom they respected in his place; a. fr. e.g. Exodus 26:31
    • same,
    • 1. to consider, regard; to respect, v. supra.
    • 2. to account, calculate, figure. B. Bath. 78ᵇ המְחַשְּׁבִים the thoughtful. Sabb. 150ᵃ. חשבונות … לחַשְּׁבָן וכ׳ accounts of a religious nature may be figured out on the Sabbath. Ab. II, 1 הוי מְחַשְּׁב וכ׳ count what you sacrifice in doing good, against what you gain thereby. Snh. 65ᵇ המח׳ עתים וכ׳ he who calculates seasons and hours (which are auspicious and which are not). Ib. 97ᵇ מְחַשְּׁבֵי קיצין those who make calculations (from Biblical verses) as to when the Messiah will come; a. fr.—[Sabb. 150ᵇ top מותר לחוֹשְׁבָן (Kal), Ms. M. לחַשְּׁ׳.]—V. חֶשְׁבּוֹן.
    • 3. (sub. מחשבה זרה) to have in mind an undue intention in the performance of a sacrificial ceremony. Yoma 48ᵃ חי׳ בחפינת וכ׳ if he had an undue intention when grasping the frankincense (e.g. to offer it tomorrow). Ib.ᵇ; a. fr.
    • 1. to be counted. Ohol. I, 3 אין האהל מִתְחַשֵּׁב the tent is not counted (as a special item). Yalk. Num. 768 מתח׳ לנו will be counted against us (be deducted from our share). Mikv. III, 3 עד שיִתְחַשֵּׁב וכ׳ until it is calculated that all the original water has run off. Pesik. R. s. 44 the former sins אינן מִתְחַשְּׁבוֹת לו וכ׳ are not counted or remembered to him.
    • 2. to be considered, believed to be. Tanḥ. Masé 5, v. כַּזְבָּן.
    • 3. to occupy a high position. Shebi. VIII, 11 אם מתחשב הוא (Ms. M. כמ׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) if he (is like one who) holds a high position.
    • 4. to conspire (with the Romans). Tosef. Ab. Zar. II, 7 ואם מתחשב וכ׳ but when he (the Israelite besieging a city) does it as an ally (in the Roman interest), he is forbidden (to conduct the siege); Ab. Zar. 18ᵇ ובלבד שלא יִתְחַשֵּׁב עמהם provided he does not conspire with them; ואם נתח׳ וכ׳ (Ms. M. יתח׳); Y. ib. I, 40ᵃ מתחשד (corr. acc.).

חֲשֵׁב

  • Targ. Gen. L, 20. Targ. Esth. VIII, 3; a. fr.—Pesik. B’shall., p. 82ᵃ (translating Ex. XVIII, 11ᵇ) במחשבה דחַשְׁבוּן איתחשב להון what they had planned (against Israel) was planned against them. Sabb. 3ᵃ קא חֲשִׁיב he counts in; a. fr.—Part. pass. חָשִׁיב, pl. חֲשִׁיבִין = h. חָשׁוּב, v. preced. Targ. Y. Ex. IV, 19; a. fr.—Keth. 8ᵇ ח׳ את וכ׳ thou hast been found worthy to be seized (to suffer) for etc. Gitt. 56ᵇ מאן ח׳ וכ׳ who is highly esteemed in that world (the hereafter)?; a. fr.
    • same, to plan, to count, calculate. Targ. Jer. XXI, 11.—Targ. O. Lev. XXV, 27; a. fr.—Meg. 11ᵇ חַשִּׁיב ועייל וכ׳ count, and include in their place &c. Pes. 94ᵃ דקא חַשְּׁבֵי דקדמא וכ׳ because they also counted the distances which one walks before dawn and after sunset. Sabb. 74ᵃ וליחַשֵּׁב וכ׳ let him also count the act of pounding; ib. 6ᵇ; a. e. ולִחְשׁוֹב (Pe.); a. fr. [Y. Pes. IV, end, 31ᶜ מחשבנא v. חֲשַׂךְ.]
    • אִיחֲשַׁב
    • 1. to be planned. Targ. O. Gen. L, 20.—Pesik. l. c., v. supra.
    • 2. to be considered, valued. Targ. Lev. XVII, 4. Targ. Ps. L, 23; a. fr.—[Targ. Prov. XXIX, 11 מֵיחֲשַׁב Ms. (ed. Lag. מחשב, Var. מאשב) is respected (v. Pesh. a. l.; ed. Wil. מאכה v. מְאַךְ).]

A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.


Forms in the corpus

The 102 distinct written forms H2803 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.

Form Parsing Example Uses
חָשַׁ֖ב Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Esther 8:3 4
חֹשֵׁ֖ב Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute Exodus 26:1 4
וְ/חִשַּׁב Verb, Piel, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Leviticus 25:52 3
חֹשֵׁ֛ב Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute Exodus 26:31 3
וְ/חִשַּׁב֙ Verb, Piel, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Leviticus 25:27 2
וְ/לַ/חְשֹׁ֖ב Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct Exodus 35:32 2
וַ/יַּחְשְׁבֶ֥/הָ Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Genesis 15:6 2
חָשְׁב֣וּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural Jeremiah 11:19 2
חָשַׁ֥ב Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Esther 9:24 2
חֹשֵׁ֥ב Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute Jeremiah 29:11 2
חֹשֵֽׁב Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute Exodus 28:6 2
יֵחָשֵׁ֑ב Verb, Niphal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Leviticus 25:31 2
יֵחָשֵֽׁב Verb, Niphal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Isaiah 29:17 2
נֶחְשָׁ֔בוּ Verb, Niphal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural Isaiah 5:28 2
נֶחְשָׁ֛ב Verb, Niphal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 1 Kings 10:21 2
תֵּחָשֵׁ֖ב Verb, Niphal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular Deuteronomy 2:20 2
הַ/חֹשְׁבִ֗ים Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Absolute Jeremiah 23:27 1
הַ/חֹשְׁבִ֥ים Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Absolute Ezekiel 11:2 1
וְ/חָשַׁ֥ב Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Jeremiah 49:30 1
וְ/חָשַׁב֙ Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 2 Samuel 14:14 1
וְ/חָשַׁבְתָּ֖ Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Ezekiel 38:10 1
וְ/חֹשְׁבֵ֖י Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Construct Exodus 35:35 1
וְ/חֹשֵׁ֑ב Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute Exodus 38:23 1
וְ/חֹשֵׁ֥ב Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute Jeremiah 18:11 1
וְ/חֹשֵׁב֒ Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute Exodus 35:35 1
וְ/נֶחְשַׁ֥ב Verb, Niphal, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Numbers 18:27 1
וְ/נֶחְשַׁב֙ Verb, Niphal, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Numbers 18:30 1
וְ/נַחְשְׁבָ֣ה Verb, Qal, Cohortative, 1st Person, Common, Plural Jeremiah 18:18 1
וְ/תַחְשְׁבֵ֖/נִי Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Job 13:24 1
וַ/יַּחְשְׁבֵ֖/נִי Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Job 19:11 1
וַ/תֵּחָ֣שֶׁב Verb, Niphal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular Psalms 106:31 1
וַֽ/תְּחַשְּׁבֵֽ/הוּ Verb, Piel, Sequential Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Psalms 144:3 1
וָֽ֭/אֲחַשְּׁבָ/ה Verb, Piel, Sequential Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular Psalms 73:16 1
וּ/לְ/חֹשְׁבֵ֖י Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Construct Malachi 3:16 1
וַֽ/יַּחְשְׁבֶ֖/הָ Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Genesis 38:15 1
חֲשַׁבְנֻ֔/הוּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Plural Isaiah 53:4 1
חֲשַׁבְנֻֽ/הוּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Plural Isaiah 53:3 1
חֲשַׁבְתֶּ֥ם Verb, Qal, Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural Genesis 50:20 1
חֲשָׁבָ֣/הּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Genesis 50:20 1
חִשְּׁבָ֖ה Verb, Piel, Perfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular Jonah 1:4 1
חִשַּׁ֣בְתִּי Verb, Piel, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular Psalms 77:5 1
חִשַּׁ֥בְתִּי Verb, Piel, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular Psalms 119:59 1
חָ֝שְׁב֗וּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural Psalms 140:4 1
חָֽשְׁב֥וּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural Psalms 21:11 1
חָשְׁב֤וּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural Jeremiah 48:2 1
חָשְׁב֥וּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural Amos 6:5 1
חָשַׁ֔ב Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 1 Samuel 18:25 1
חָשַׁ֖בְתִּי Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular Jeremiah 18:8 1
חָשַׁ֛בְתָּה Verb, Qal, Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular 2 Samuel 14:13 1
חָשַׁ֣בְתָּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Job 35:2 1
חָשַׁ֨ב Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Lamentations 2:8 1
חָשָֽׁבוּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural Psalms 10:2 1
חֹ֝שְׁבֵ֗י Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Construct Psalms 35:4 1
חֹֽשְׁבִ֔ים Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Absolute Nehemiah 6:2 1
חֹֽשְׁבֵי Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Construct Micah 2:1 1
חֹשְׁבִ֣ים Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Absolute Nehemiah 6:6 1
חֹשֵׁ֔ב Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute Exodus 28:15 1
חֹשֵׁב֙ Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute Jeremiah 26:3 1
חוֹשֵׁ֗ב Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 2 Chronicles 26:15 1
יְחַשְּׁב֣וּ Verb, Piel, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 2 Kings 12:15 1

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