cha.shav H2803

חָשַׁב (cha.shav) means “to devise: design” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

חָשַׁב Hebrew · H2803 124 tagged occurrences in 122 verses

Pronunciation guide: khaw-shab' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H2803G

חָשַׁב · cha.shav · to devise: design

: design/skillful 1) to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to think, account 1a2) to plan, devise, mean 1a3) to charge, impute, reckon 1a4) to esteem, value, regard 1a5) to invent 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be accounted, be thought, be esteemed 1b2) to be computed, be reckoned 1b3) to be imputed 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to think upon, consider, be mindful of 1c2) to think to do, devise, plan 1c3) to count, reckon 1d) (Hithpael) to be considered

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TBESH · H2803H

חָשַׁב · cha.shav · to devise: count

: count/regard_as 1) to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to think, account 1a2) to plan, devise, mean 1a3) to charge, impute, reckon 1a4) to esteem, value, regard 1a5) to invent 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be accounted, be thought, be esteemed 1b2) to be computed, be reckoned 1b3) to be imputed 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to think upon, consider, be mindful of 1c2) to think to do, devise, plan 1c3) to count, reckon 1d) (Hithpael) to be considered

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TBESH · H2803I

חָשַׁב · cha.shav · to devise: devise

: devise/plot/plan 1) to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to think, account 1a2) to plan, devise, mean 1a3) to charge, impute, reckon 1a4) to esteem, value, regard 1a5) to invent 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be accounted, be thought, be esteemed 1b2) to be computed, be reckoned 1b3) to be imputed 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to think upon, consider, be mindful of 1c2) to think to do, devise, plan 1c3) to count, reckon 1d) (Hithpael) to be considered

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TBESH · H2803J

חָשַׁב · cha.shav · to devise: think

: think/imagine 1) to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to think, account 1a2) to plan, devise, mean 1a3) to charge, impute, reckon 1a4) to esteem, value, regard 1a5) to invent 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be accounted, be thought, be esteemed 1b2) to be computed, be reckoned 1b3) to be imputed 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to think upon, consider, be mindful of 1c2) to think to do, devise, plan 1c3) to count, reckon 1d) (Hithpael) to be considered

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; properly, 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

KJV glosses: (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.

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How translators render H2803

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
skillfully	5
he has devised	3
they devise	3
account	2
because it was accounted	2
devises	2
i considered	2
intended	2
is considered	2
plot	2
regarded	2
to design	2
a plotter	1
accounting was required	1
am planning	1
and can execute	1
and consider me	1
and devising	1
and he counts me	1
and he will plot	1
and honored	1
and invent	1
and it was credited	1
and we esteemed him	1
and you will devise	1
are now esteemed	1
are plotting	1
are to be considered	1
are we regarded	1
be credited	1
but he devises	1
but they devise	1
considered	1
considered him	1
count	1
count me	1
designer	1
designers	1
determined	1
devise	1
devised	1
do you intend	1
do you think	1
had plotted	1
haman had devised	1
have	1
have you devised	1
he counts me	1
he had devised	1
he is to calculate	1
he plots	1
he regards	1
he regards them	1
he shall calculate	1
he thought	1
he who plots	1
hold	1
i am counted	1
i am planning	1
i had planned	1
is disregarded	1
is regarded	1
is to calculate	1
it was credited	1
it will be counted	1
it will be reckoned	1
let us make plans	1
may those who plan	1
of a skilled craftsman	1
one would think	1
plan	1
plans	1
reckoning themselves	1
regard	1
scheme	1
seem	1
shall calculate	1
shall incur	1
they are considered	1
they had plotted	1
they imagine	1
they plot	1
they regarded them	1
they suppose	1
they were considered	1
think	1
thought	1
to those who devise	1
was in danger	1
was regarded	1
we are considered	1
were planning	1
were regarded	1
what you intended	1
when i tried	1
who plot	1
will be reckoned	1
will seem	1
will then count the time	1
you plot	1
you think of him	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
of cunning	3
cunning	2
deviseth	2
is counted	2
shall be esteemed	2
shall reckon	2
that devise	2
that he hath purposed	2
think	2
thought	2
to devise	2
which i purpose	2
with cunning	2
accounted	1
against me against me do they devise	1
against me and he counteth	1
against me he counteth	1
against thee they imagined	1
against them which shall not regard	1
against you and devise	1
against you and hath conceived	1
also was reckoned	1
also were accounted	1
and a cunning workman	1
and are counted	1
and he counted	1
and he shall forecast	1
and he shall reckon	1
and holdest	1
and let none of you imagine	1
and let us devise	1
and of the cunning workman	1
and of those that devise	1
and shall not be reckoned	1
and that thought	1
and that was counted	1
and thou shalt think	1
and to devise	1
and to find out	1
and we esteemed	1
are counted	1
are we not counted	1
as nothing and they are counted	1
be counted	1
but as for you ye thought	1
but they devise	1
but they thought	1
by cunning men	1
count	1
do i devise	1
do ye imagine	1
for they shall forecast	1
for they were counted	1
for wherein is he to be accounted of	1
had devised	1
hath purposed	1
he deviseth	1
he esteemeth	1
he it of cunning	1
he regardeth	1
he that deviseth	1
he thought	1
how are they esteemed	1
howbeit there was no reckoning made	1
i am counted	1
i have considered	1
i thought	1
impute	1
imputeth	1
invent	1
it shall be counted	1
long we are counted	1
meant it	1
moreover they reckoned	1
neither shall it be imputed	1
not that they had devised	1
of thee that imagineth	1
of you imagine	1
shall be counted	1
shall be imputed	1
shall be reckoned	1
that also was accounted	1
that he had devised	1
that i think	1
that i thought	1
that thou makest account	1
them shall be counted	1
then he shall count	1
then let him count	1
thereof from it then it shall be counted	1
they have devised	1
they have imagined	1
they were counted	1
thing accounted	1
thinkest	1
thinketh	1
to them that devise	1
was like	1
what do ye imagine	1
when i thought	1
wherefore are we counted	1
wherefore then hast thou thought	1
which he devised	1
which imagine	1
which think	1
who have purposed	1
would think	1
yet do they imagine	1
yet doth he devise	1
yet we did esteem	1

Verses containing H2803

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Job 18:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
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Job 19:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.
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Job 19:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.
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Job 33:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.
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Job 35:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
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Job 41:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.
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Source alternate reference: 41.19
Job 41:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.
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Source alternate reference: 41.21
Job 41:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!
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Source alternate reference: 41.24
Psalms 10:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
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Psalms 21:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
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Source alternate reference: 21.12
Psalms 32:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
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Psalms 35:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
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Psalms 35:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
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Psalms 36:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
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Source alternate reference: 36.5
Psalms 40:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
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Source alternate reference: 40.18
Psalms 41:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
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Source alternate reference: 41.8
Psalms 44:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
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Source alternate reference: 44.23
Psalms 52:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
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Source alternate reference: 52.4
Psalms 73:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight
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Psalms 77:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I considered the days of old, the years long in the past.
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Source alternate reference: 77.6
Psalms 88:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
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Source alternate reference: 88.5
Psalms 106:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
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Psalms 119:59 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
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Psalms 140:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.
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Source alternate reference: 140.3
Psalms 140:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.
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Source alternate reference: 140.5
Psalms 144:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?
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Proverbs 16:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
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Proverbs 16:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
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Proverbs 17:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.
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Proverbs 24:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He who plots evil will be called a schemer.
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Proverbs 27:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.
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Isaiah 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
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Isaiah 5:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.
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Isaiah 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.
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Isaiah 13:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.
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Isaiah 29:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?
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Isaiah 29:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?
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Isaiah 32:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
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Isaiah 33:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.
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Isaiah 40:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
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Isaiah 40:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.
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Isaiah 53:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
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Isaiah 53:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.
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Jeremiah 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
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Jeremiah 18:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.
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Jeremiah 18:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now therefore, tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am planning a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways, and correct your ways and deeds.’
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Jeremiah 18:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”
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Jeremiah 23:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They suppose the dreams that they tell one another will make My people forget My name, just as their fathers forgot My name through the worship of Baal.
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Jeremiah 26:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Perhaps they will listen and turn—each from his evil way of life—so that I may relent of the disaster I am planning to bring upon them because of the evil of their deeds.
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Jeremiah 29:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
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