Strong’s H2808 · Hebrew
חֶשְׁבּוֹן
cheshbôwn · khesh-bone'
Origin from חָשַׁב (H2803);
Meaning properly, contrivance; by implication, intelligence
In the King James Version account, device, reason.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Ecclesiastes 7:25I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
- Ecclesiastes 7:27Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
- Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.