Strong's Hebrew · H2808

חֶשְׁבּוֹן

cheshbôwn · khesh-bone'

account, device, reason.

Definition

properly, contrivance; by implication, intelligence

Derivation

from H2803 (חָשַׁב);

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.

Ecclesiastes 7:27

“Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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