King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H8176
Transliteration: shaar
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-ar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to calculate, reckon
Meaning: to act as gatekeeper, to estimate
Word Summary
shaar: to calculate, reckon
Original Word: שָׁעַרTransliteration: shaar
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-ar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to calculate, reckon
Meaning: to act as gatekeeper, to estimate
Strong's Concordance
estimateA primitive root; to split or open, i.e. (literally, but only as denominative from sha'ar) to act as gate-keeper (see show'er): (figuratively) to estimate -- think.
see HEBREW sha'ar
see HEBREW show'er
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8176. shaar
II. שָׁעַר verb calculate, reakon (Late Hebrew Pi`el Jewish-Aramaic Pa`el put a valuation, estimate; Jewish-Aramaic שַׁעֲרָא interest, market-price; Arabic market-price is loan-word Frä189); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳כְּמוֺשֿׁ כֶּןהֿוּא בְּנַפְשׁוֺ Proverbs 23:7 as he has calculated in his soul, so is he, but dubious: De שֹׁעֵר as one who calculates; more radical conjectures in Bi Toy.