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To account

חֲשַׁבStrong’s H2804

chashav (cha-shav)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Chashav is the Aramaic word usually translated “considered”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?”
Daniel 4:35 KJV
Meaning
  1. (P'al) to think, account
How it's translated
  • considered 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Daniel 1

1 book in all.

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    Aramaic dictionary

    חֲשַׁב chashav · to account

    (P'al) to think, account Aramaic of cha.shav (חָשַׁב ": design" H2803)

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    ACCOUNT', verb transitive

    1. To deem, judge, consider, think, or hold in opinion.“I and my son Solomon shall be accounted offenders” 1 Kings 1:21
    2. To account of, to hold in esteem; to value.“Let a man so account of us as of ministers of Christ” 1 Corinthians 4:1
    3. To reckon, or compute; as, the motion of the sun whereby years are accounted - also to assign as a debt; as, a project accounted to his service; but these uses are antiquated.
    All definitions and other forms of “account”

      ACCOUNT', verb intransitive

      1. To render an account or relation of particulars.
      2. To give reasons; to assign the causes; to explain; with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty.
      3. To render reasons; to answer for in a responsible character.

      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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.