שָׁעַר
shâʻar · H8176 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to estimate, to think
Action by which humans exercise their mind with regard to something
ExamplesProverbs 23:7 For as he thinks within himself, so he is. He says to you, “Eat and drink!” But his heart is not with you.
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
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with+ נֶפֶשׁsoul, life 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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Near synonyms 2 words
- חָשַׁב châshab · H2803 · to think about, to consider, to plan
- חָשַׁב is a common Hebrew verb for thinking, reckoning, and mental calculation, semantically very close to שָׁעַר's sense of 'think' and could substitute in cognitive contexts
- זָמַם zâmam · H2161 · to plan
- זָמַם involves mental activity of planning or devising, related to the cognitive aspect of שָׁעַר though with more emphasis on purposeful planning
In the other Testament 1 word
- λογίζομαι logízomai · G3049 · to think about, to reason about, to ponder
- λογίζομαι is the standard Greek verb for mental reckoning and thinking, a natural translation equivalent for שָׁעַר in contexts of thought or estimation
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Think002004002013
- This verb denotes inward reckoning or thought, as in Proverbs 23:7's observation that as a man thinks within himself, so he is.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8176. shaar II. שָׁעַר verb calculate, reakon (Late Hebrew Pi`el Jewish-Aramaic Pa`el…
II. שָׁעַר verb calculate, reakon (Late Hebrew Pi`el Jewish-Aramaic Pa`el put a valuation, estimate; Jewish-Aramaic שַׁעֲרָא interest, market-price; Arabic market-price is loan-word Frä189); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳כְּמוֺשֿׁ כֶּןהֿוּא בְּנַפְשׁוֺ Pro 23:7 as he has calculated in his soul, so is he, but dubious: De שֹׁעֵר as one who calculates; more radical conjectures in Bi Toy.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
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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