Back to ISBE

ISBE

Count

Count (1): kount (caphar, manah; psephizo): Used of arithmetical computation "to number" (Psa 139:18, Num 23:10); also for kathabh, "to reckon," to indicate classification among or identification with, "count...

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Bible encyclopedia 26.3 MB

Meaning

Count (1):

kount (caphar, manah; psephizo): Used of arithmetical computation "to number" (Psa 139:18, Num 23:10); also for kathabh, "to reckon," to indicate classification among or identification with, "count for a stranger" (Job 19:15); "count for his enemy" (Job 33:10). In the New Testament the arithmetical computation is less prominent, except in the sense of "calculate," psephizo, sumpsephizo, "to reckon with pebbles," each pebble representing a unit (Luk 14:28, Act 19:19); of moral estimate, hegeomai and logizomai (Phi 3:7, Phi 3:13). The noun, from Hebrew kacath, "a count of" (Ex 12:4), namely, in the arithmetical sense.

H. E. Jacobs

(2):

kount (caphar, manah; psephizo): Used of arithmetical computation "to number" (Psa 139:18, Num 23:10); also for kathabh, "to reckon," to indicate classification among or identification with, "count for a stranger" (Job 19:15); "count for his enemy" (Job 33:10). In the New Testament the arithmetical computation is less prominent, except in the sense of "calculate," psephizo, sumpsephizo, "to reckon with pebbles," each pebble representing a unit (Luk 14:28, Act 19:19); of moral estimate, hegeomai and logizomai (Phi 3:7, Phi 3:13). The noun, from Hebrew kacath, "a count of" (Ex 12:4), namely, in the arithmetical sense.

H. E. Jacobs

Ampiaw
Add to home screen for a faster, app-like experience