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# קֶשֶׁר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7195

**conspiracy** — used 16 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

conspiracy [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7195/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קֶ֫שֶׁר: n.m. conspiracy [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7195/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 2 S 15:12 conspiracy;—abs. ק׳ 2 S 15:12 +, קָ֑שֶׁר 2 K 11:14 +; cstr. קֶ֫שֶׁר Ez 22:25 (but v. infr.); sf. קִשְׁרוֹ 1 K 16:20; 2 K 15:15;—conspiracy 2 S 15:12; as acc. cogn. c. קָשַׁר 1 K 16:20; 2 K 12:21; 14:19 = 2 Ch 25:27; 2 K 15:15, 30; וַיִּמְצָא בְּהוֹשֵׁעַ ק׳ 2 K 17:4, נִמְצָא ק׳ בְּאִישׁ וגו׳ Je 11:9; as exclam. 2 K 11:14(×2) = 2 Ch 23:13(×2); Is 8:12(×2) (Gr Lag CheComm. GuKau al. קֹדֶשׁ or קָדשׁ); קֶשֶׁר נְבִיאֶיהָ Ez 22:25, אֲשֶׁר נְשִׂיאֶיהָ Co Toy Krae al. (after 𝔊).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a conspiracy (5); conspiracy (5); treason (5).

## In the verses

[Jeremiah 11:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.11.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.11.9/#tree)

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֵלָ֑י נִֽמְצָא־קֶ֙שֶׁר֙ בְּאִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָ֔ה וּבְיֹשְׁבֵ֖י יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Yahweh to me it.has.been.found a.conspiracy among everyone of.Judah and among the.inhabitants of.Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD said unto me: 'A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

[2 Kings 12:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.12.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.12.21/#tree)

וַיָּקֻ֥מוּ עֲבָדָ֖יו וַיִּקְשְׁרֽוּ־קָ֑שֶׁר וַיַּכּוּ֙ אֶת־יוֹאָ֔שׁ בֵּ֥ית מִלֹּ֖א בֵּ֥ית מִלֹּ֖א הַיּוֹרֵ֥ד סִלָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and they.arose servants his and they.conspired a.conspiracy and they.struck.down (et) Joash Beth- Millo \[which\].goes down Silla

*JPS 1917:* And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash at Beth-millo, on the way that goeth down to Silla.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7195.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7195/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).