Hebrew

To calculate

שָׁעַרStrong’s H8176

shaar (sha-ar)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Shaar is the Hebrew word usually translated “calculates”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.”

Meaning

To split open, reason out, calculate, reckon, estimate(Qal) to calculate Pr 23:7

How it's translated

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

Where it's used most

1 book in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

שָׁעַר shaar · to calculate

1) to split open, reason out, calculate, reckon, estimate 1a) (Qal) to calculate Pr 23:7

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

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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.