חִשָּׁבוֹן
chishavon · device, invention
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2810 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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chishavon (חִשָּׁבוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “device, invention”.
Device: a clever plan or reasoning (Ecclesiastes 7:29); also a war machine (2 Chronicles 26:15).
How to say it
chi·sha·von
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- War machines designed to shoot arrows and stones from the towers.
- Schemes and crooked ways people seek out on their own.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- devices ×1
- inventions ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Chronicles 26:15
He made in Jerusalem devices, the invention of an inventor, to be on the towers and on the corners, to shoot arrows and large stones. And his name went out far, for he was marvelously helped until he was strong.
- Ecclesiastes 7:29
Only see, this I have found: that Elohim made the human being upright, but they have sought many inventions.