Quick Definition
to conspire
Strong's Definition
to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: bind (up), (make a) conspire(-acy, -ator), join together, knit, stronger, work (treason).
TWOT Reference: 2090
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קָשַׁר (qa.shar) — to conspire. 1) to bind, tie, bind together, league together, conspire 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bind, confine 1a2) to league together, conspire 1b) (Niphal) to be bound, be bound up 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to bind on 1c2) to bind fast 1c3) to bind, tie 1c4) to bind to oneself 1d) (Pual) robust, vigorous (participle) 1e) (Hithpael) to conspire
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · קֶשֶׁר · קִשֻּׁרִים
Attach | verb nif
to be joined together, to be combined = process by which separate objects being joined together to form one unit
NEH 3:38
Attach | verb pi | ≈ לבשׁ
to put on (ornaments) = action by which humans attach ornaments to their body or clothing
Attach | verb qal
to tie = causative actions by which humans attach ropes to other objects
Attach | verb qal | ≈ ענד
to tie = causative action by which humans attach objects to other objects with a rope
DEU 6:8 · DEU 11:18 · PRO 3:3 · PRO 6:21 · PRO 7:3 · JER 51:63
Attach | verb pi | ≠ פתח
"to tie" = to keep together = causative action by which humans tie a rope between two objects ► in order to keep them together
Happen | verb qal
to be bound literally: to be tied in an object; = process by which an event continues to take place within a certain location
Love | verb qal, verb nif | ≈ אהב
to be bound (to someone else) > to love literally: (someone's self) is attached (to someone else's self); hence: = process by which humans experience a deep affection for other humans
Bind | verb qal
to bind = causative action by which humans tie (part of) the body of an animal with a rope or cord ► in order to keep it under control
JOB 39:10 · JOB 40:29
Think | verb qal, verb hit
to conspire, to plot against = action by which humans devise a plan concerning other humans ► with the intention to harm that person
1SA 22:8 · 1SA 22:13 · 2SA 15:31 · 1KI 15:27 · 1KI 16:9 · 1KI 16:16 · 1KI 16:20 · 2KI 9:14 · 2KI 10:9 · 2KI 12:21 · 2KI 14:19 · 2KI 15:10 · 2KI 15:15 · 2KI 15:25 · 2KI 15:30 · 2KI 21:23 · 2KI 21:24 · 2CH 24:21 · 2CH 24:25 · 2CH 24:26 · 2CH 25:27 · 2CH 33:24 · 2CH 33:25 · NEH 4:2 · AMO 7:10
1 JOB 39:10 see discussion in HOTTP
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
קָשַׁר vb. bind, league together, conspire Qal bind
league together, conspire
Niph. the life of Jonathan was bound up with the life of D.
Pi. bind on (as ornament)
bind fast
Pu. = Qal 1 c.
Hithp. conspire
base