# חֶשְׁבּוֹן (cheshbon)

Israeli respelling: cheshbon. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2808. 3 Old Testament occurrences.

properly, contrivance; by implication, intelligence

King James renderings: account, device, reason.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/cheshbon-h2808

## Occurrences

- [Ecclesiastes 7:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/7/25) — I 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…
- [Ecclesiastes 7:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/7/27) — Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
- [Ecclesiastes 9:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/9/10) — Whatsoever 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…