Quick Definition
to calculate
Strong's Definition
to act as gatekeeper; (figuratively) to estimate
Derivation: a primitive root; to split or open, i.e. (literally, but only as denominative from H8179 (שַׁעַר)); compare see H7778 (שׁוֹעֵר)
KJV Usage: think.
TWOT Reference: 2438
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to split open, reason out, calculate, reckon, estimate
1a) (Qal) to calculate Pr 23:7
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁעַר (sha.ar) — to calculate. 1) to split open, reason out, calculate, reckon, estimate 1a) (Qal) to calculate Pr 23:7
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שַׁעַר
Think | verb qal
to estimate, to think = action by which humans exercise their mind with regard to something
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁעַר vb. calculate, reckon;—Qal Pr 23:7 ref