עֲשִׁת
ʻăshith · H6246 · Aramaic · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to plan, to consider
Action by which humans exercise their minds about something
ExamplesDaniel 6:3 Then this Daniel began distinguishing himself among the commissioners and satraps because he possessed an extraordinary spirit, and the king intended to appoint him over the entire kingdom.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מֶלֶךְking 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for+ קוּםappoint 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- λογίζομαι logízomai · G3049 · to think about, to reason about, to ponder
- λογίζομαι is the standard Greek verb for cognitive processes of thinking, reckoning, and considering, functioning as a natural translation equivalent for the Aramaic verb עֲשִׁת (think) in contexts of mental deliberation.
- διαλογίζομαι dialogízomai · G1260 · to think out carefully, to reason thoroughly, to consider carefully
- διαλογίζομαι denotes deliberative thinking or reasoning through something, a plausible Greek equivalent for the Aramaic verb of thinking, though slightly more specific in emphasizing internal reasoning processes.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Think002004002013
- Daniel 6:3 recounts that Daniel distinguished himself among the commissioners and satraps, and “the king intended to appoint him over the entire kingdom.”
- Fat002001001028
- This Fat code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to become fat” sense; this word's own occurrence describes the king's intent to appoint Daniel, never becoming physically fat.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6246. ashith [עֲשִׁת], עֲשִׁית (K§§ 38, 1 a); 17, 2. Anm. 2) verb think, plan (Biblical…
[עֲשִׁת], עֲשִׁית (K§§ 38, 1 a); 17, 2. Anm. 2)
verb think, plan (Biblical Hebrew II. עשׁת (q. v.) as Aramaism; אִתְעַשֵּׁת ᵑ7, not Syriac); — Perfect3masculine singular (strictly Passive participle NöGGA 1884, 1019; Syr. Gr. § 280 M78*) ׳ע Dan 6:4, followed by infinitive, plan to so and so.
עֶת see כְּעֶת.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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