King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5585
Transliteration: psēphizō
Phonetic Spelling: (psay-fid'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to count, calculate
Meaning: to count, calculate
ψηφίζω; 1 aorist ἐψηφισα; (ψῆφος, which see); to count with pebbles, to compute, calculate, reckon: τήν δαπάνην, Luke 14:28; τόν ἀριθμόν, to explain by computing, Revelation 13:18. (Polybius, Plutarch, Palaeph., Anthol.; commonly and indeed chiefly in the middle in the Greek writings to give one's vote by casting a pebble into the urn; to decide by voting.) (Compare: συγψηφίζω, καταψηφίζω, συμψηφίζω.)
Word Summary
psēphizō: to count, calculate
Original Word: ψηφίζωTransliteration: psēphizō
Phonetic Spelling: (psay-fid'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to count, calculate
Meaning: to count, calculate
Strong's Concordance
to count up, calculateFrom psephos; to use pebbles in enumeration, i.e. (generally) to compute -- count.
see GREEK psephos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5585: ψηφίζωψηφίζω; 1 aorist ἐψηφισα; (ψῆφος, which see); to count with pebbles, to compute, calculate, reckon: τήν δαπάνην, Luke 14:28; τόν ἀριθμόν, to explain by computing, Revelation 13:18. (Polybius, Plutarch, Palaeph., Anthol.; commonly and indeed chiefly in the middle in the Greek writings to give one's vote by casting a pebble into the urn; to decide by voting.) (Compare: συγψηφίζω, καταψηφίζω, συμψηφίζω.)