To contemplate
שְׂכַלStrong’s H7920sekhal (se-khal)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Sekhal is the Aramaic word usually translated “considering”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.”
Meaning
- (Ithpael) to consider, contemplate
How it's translated
- considering 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Aramaic dictionary
שְׂכַל sekhal · to contemplate
(Ithpael) to consider, contemplate Aramaic of sa.khal (שָׂכַל "be prudent" H7919A)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “contemplate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CONTEMPLATE, verb transitive
[Latin]
- To view or consider with continued attention; to study; to meditate on.
- To consider or have in view, in reference to a future act or event; to intend.
All definitions and other forms of “contemplate”
CONTEMPLATE, verb intransitive
To think studiously; to study; to muse; to meditate.
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.