Lexical Definition

‎חִשָּׁבוֹן‎ chishshâbôwn (khish-shaw-bone') invention ^H:N-M
from ‎חָשַׁב‎

engine, invention.

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

1) device, invention

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎חִשָּׁבוֺן‎] noun masculine device, invention (compare Lag^{BN 200}) — only plural absolute ‎חִשְּׁבֹנוֺת‎; ‎עָשָׁה הָאֱלֹהִים‎ ‎אֶתהָֿאָדָם יָשָׁר וְהֵמָּה בִקְשׁוּ חִשְּׁבֹנוֺת רַבִּים‎ Eccl 7:29 God made mankind upright but they sought out many devices; ‎וַיַּעַשׂ חִשְּׁבֹנוֺת מַחֲשֶׁבֶת חֹוֺשֵׁב‎ 2Chr 26:15 and he made contrivances (i.e. engines of war for hurling stones and arrows, see v^b) the invention of inventive men.

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