H2808: חֶשְׁבּוֹן
cheshbôwn · pronounced khesh-bone' · “explanation”
Definition
properly, contrivance; by implication, intelligence
KJV translates it as: account, device, reason.
Word origin: from H2803 (חָשַׁב);
Extended definition
account, reasoning, reckoning
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H2808 is translated
- an explanation ×2
- explanation ×1
Bible verses with H2808 (cheshbôwn)
Cheshbôwn appears in 3 verses.
- Ecclesiastes 7:25
I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
- Ecclesiastes 7:27
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
- Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.