Strong's Definition
a primitive root; properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
KJV Usage: (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
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
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
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
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
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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · חֵשֶׁב · חֶשְׁבֹּון · חִשָּׁבֹון · מַחֲשָׁבָה · חֶשְׁבֹּון · חֲשַׁבְיָה · חֲשַׁבְיָהוּ · חֲשֻׁבָה · חַשּׁוּב
Think | verb pi
to think about, to consider = action by which humans exercise their mind with regard to something
Think | verb qal, verb pi | ≈ בקשׁ · דמה · יעץ · יצר · מְזִמָּה · נטה
to plan, to devise, to plot = action by which humans or deities exercise their minds in order to determine a course of action that will achieve a certain purpose
GEN 50:20 · GEN 50:20 · 1SA 18:25 · 2SA 14:13 · 2SA 14:14 · EST 8:3 · EST 9:24 · EST 9:25 · JOB 6:26 · PSA 10:2 · PSA 21:12 · PSA 35:4 · PSA 35:20 · PSA 36:5 · PSA 41:8 · PSA 52:4 · PSA 140:3 · PSA 140:5 · PRO 16:30 · PRO 24:8 · ISA 10:7 · JER 11:19 · JER 18:8 · JER 18:11 · JER 18:18 · JER 23:27 · JER 26:3 · JER 29:11 · JER 36:3 · JER 48:2 · JER 49:20 · JER 49:30 · JER 50:45 · LAM 2:8 · EZK 11:2 · EZK 38:10 · DAN 11:24 · DAN 11:25 · HOS 7:15 · MIC 2:1 · MIC 2:3 · NAM 1:9 · NAM 1:11 · ZEC 7:10 · ZEC 8:17
Think | verb qal
to invent, to design = action by which humans exercise their mind with the purpose of creating an artifact
Professions | verb qal | ≈ אֹרֵג · חָרָשׁ · רֹקֵם
inventor, designer = person who has made it his/her profession to create artifacts
EXO 26:1 · EXO 26:31 · EXO 28:6 · EXO 28:15 · EXO 35:35 · EXO 35:35 · EXO 36:8 · EXO 36:35 · EXO 38:23 · EXO 39:3 · EXO 39:8 · 2CH 26:15
Think | verb pi
to count, to calculate = action by which humans exercise their mind in order to determine the monetary value of something
Think | verb pi, verb nif
to ask an accounting from someone else = action by which humans require a financial account from someone concerning activities he has undertaken
Think | verb qal, verb pi
to try = action by which humans exercise their mind with the purpose of achieving something
Compare | verb qal, verb nif, verb hit | ≈ אמר · היה בְּעֵינֵי · היה כְּ · סלא
to consider, to count as = to hold the opinion that a particular object, person, or event is to be identified with, considered similar to, or to be equated with another object, person, or event
GEN 15:6 · GEN 31:15 · GEN 38:15 · LEV 25:31 · NUM 18:30 · NUM 23:9 · DEU 2:11 · DEU 2:20 · JOS 13:3 · 1SA 1:13 · 2SA 4:2 · 1KI 10:21 · 2CH 9:20 · NEH 13:13 · JOB 13:24 · JOB 18:3 · JOB 19:11 · JOB 19:15 · JOB 33:10 · JOB 35:2 · JOB 41:19 · JOB 41:21 · JOB 41:24 · PSA 44:23 · PSA 88:5 · PSA 106:31 · PRO 17:28 · ISA 5:28 · ISA 29:16 · ISA 29:17 · ISA 32:15 · ISA 40:15 · ISA 40:17 · ISA 53:4 · LAM 4:2 · HOS 8:12
1 PSA 40:18 The presence of ל before the object noun phrase is irregular | however, the phrase יַחֲשָׁב לִי should probably by read as חוּשָׁה־לִּי "hasten to me" as in Ps 70.6
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חָשַׁב vb. think, account Qal of man: think, account
devise, plan, mean
charge, impute
esteem, value, regard
invent ingenious and artistic things
of God: think
devise, plan, mean
inpute, reckon
esteem, value, regard
invent ingenious and artistic things
Niph. be accounted, thought, esteemed
be computed, reckoned
be imputed to any one
Pi. think upon, consider, be mindful of
think to do, devise, plan
count, reckon, the years since a sale of land
Hithp. among the nations it shall not reckon itself
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