Greek

To calculate

ψηφίζωStrong’s G5585

psēphizō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Psēphizō is the Greek word usually translated “counts” and “should count”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?”

Luke 14:28 KJV

Meaning

Usually translated “counts” and “should count”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

he counts 1
he should count 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Luke 1
Revelation 1

2 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Revelation 13:18Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

Greek dictionary

ψηφίζω psēphizō · to calculate

ψηφίζω (ψῆφος), [in LXX: 3Ki.3:8 8:5 A (סָפַר ni..) * ;] to count (prop., with pebbles), reckon, calculate: τ. δαπάνην, Luk.14:28; τ. ἀριθμόν (i.e. calculate the number's meaning), Rev.13:18 (in cl. chiefly mid., to vote by casting a pebble; cf. συγ-κατα-, συμ-φηφίζω).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “calculate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

CALCULATE, verb transitive

To compute; to reckon; to add, subtract, multiply or divide any sums, for the purpose of finding the amount, difference, or other result.
To ascertain by the use of tables or numbers; as, to calculate an eclipse.
To form tables upon mathematical principles, as logarithms, ephemerides, etc.
To compute the situation of the planets at a certain time, for astrological purposes; as, to calculate the birth of a person.

All definitions and other forms of “calculate”

To adjust by computation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of the means to the end; as, to calculate a system of laws for a free people.

CALCULATE, verb intransitive

To make a computation; as, we calculate better for ourselves than for others.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.