קָשַׁר
qa.shar
“to conspire”
Definition
to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league)
a primitive root;
- to bind, tie, bind together, league together, conspire 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bind, confine 1a2) to league together, conspire 1b) (Niphal) to be bound, be bound up 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to bind on 1c2) to bind fast 1c3) to bind, tie 1c4) to bind to oneself 1d) (Pual) robust, vigorous (participle) 1e) (Hithpael) to conspire
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
H:V
Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
קָשַׁר appears 40 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.
And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
As for the rest of the acts of Shallum, along with the conspiracy he led, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
Can you bind the chains of the Pleiadesor loosen the belt of Orion?
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