H2810 חִשָּׁבוֹן

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 2 KJV occurrences

חִשָּׁבוֹן

chishshâbôwn · khish-shaw-bone'

Definition

a contrivance, i.e. actual (a warlike machine) or mental (a machination)

KJV Renderings

engine, invention.

Derivation / Etymology

from H2803 (חָשַׁב);

KJV Verses (2)

2 Chronicles 26:15And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
Ecclesiastes 7:29Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.