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חָשַׁב

cha.shavto devise: designHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb124 occurrences28 books122 verses

Definition

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
Traditional renderings: (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.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָשַׁב:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

124 total
  1. Jeremiah 26:3חֹשֵׁב֙ · am planning
    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.
  2. Jeremiah 29:11חֹשֵׁ֥ב · have
    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.
  3. Jeremiah 36:3חֹשֵׁ֖ב · plan
    Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the calamity I plan to bring upon them, each of them will turn from his wicked way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”
  4. Jeremiah 48:2חָשְׁב֤וּ · they devise
    There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.
  5. Jeremiah 49:20חָשַׁ֖ב · He has devised
    Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
  6. Jeremiah 49:30וְחָשַׁ֥ב · he has devised
    Run! Escape quickly! Lie low, O residents of Hazor,” declares the LORD, “for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has drawn up a plan against you; he has devised a strategy against you.
  7. Jeremiah 50:45חָשַׁ֖ב · He has devised
    Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
  8. Lamentations 2:8חָשַׁ֨ב · determined
    The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away.
  9. Lamentations 4:2נֶחְשְׁבוּ֙ · are now esteemed
    How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!
  10. Ezekiel 11:2הַחֹשְׁבִ֥ים · who plot
    And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.
  11. Ezekiel 38:10וְחָשַׁבְתָּ֖ · and you will devise
    This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.
  12. Daniel 11:24יְחַשֵּׁ֥ב · and he will plot
    In a time of peace, he will invade the richest provinces and do what his fathers and forefathers never did. He will lavish plunder, loot, and wealth on his followers, and he will plot against the strongholds—but only for a time.
  13. Daniel 11:25יַחְשְׁב֥וּ · devised
    And with a large army he will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South, who will mobilize a very large and powerful army but will not withstand the plots devised against him.
  14. Hosea 7:15יְחַשְּׁבוּ־ · they plot
    Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.
  15. Hosea 8:12נֶחְשָֽׁבוּ׃ · they regarded them
    Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.
  16. Amos 6:5חָשְׁב֥וּ · and invent
    You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.
  17. Jonah 1:4חִשְּׁבָ֖ה · was in danger
    Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.
  18. Micah 2:1חֹֽשְׁבֵי־ · to those who devise
    Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
  19. Micah 2:3חֹשֵׁ֛ב · I am planning
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.
  20. Nahum 1:9תְּחַשְּׁבוּן֙ · you plot
    Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.
  21. Nahum 1:11חֹשֵׁ֥ב · a plotter
    From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.
  22. Zechariah 7:10תַּחְשְׁב֖וּ · plot
    Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
  23. Zechariah 8:17תַּחְשְׁבוּ֙ · plot
    …do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD.
  24. Malachi 3:16וּלְחֹשְׁבֵ֖י · and honored
    At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.