Word Study for H2812 (חֲשַׁבְנָה)

Chăshabnâh /khash-ab-naw'/ Ask about this word

Meaninginventiveness; Chashnah, an Israelite

KJV usageHashabnah.

Word Study

In depth

A plain-language study of Chăshabnâh — the range of meaning it carries, how Scripture actually uses it, and where it points. Written for readers who don’t know the original language.

Core Meaning & Semantic Range

The Hebrew word Chăshabnâh, represented by H2812, is a proper name meaning inventiveness. The name, rendered as Hashabnah, appears just 1 time in 1 unique verse in the entire Bible, identifying a specific Israelite.

Biblical Occurrences & Contextual Analysis

The sole appearance of H2812 is in the book of Nehemiah. Hashabnah is listed by name among a group of individuals in the verse, "Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah" Nehemiah 10:25. This places the individual in a specific historical context, recorded alongside other named persons.

Related Words & Concepts

The names listed directly with Hashabnah provide its immediate context:

H7348 Rᵉchûwm (Rehum, the name of a Persian and of three Israelites; Rehum): This individual is named immediately preceding Hashabnah in the list found in Nehemiah 10:25.
H4641 Maʻăsêyâh (work of Jah; Maasejah, the name of sixteen Israelites; Maaseiah): This individual is named immediately following Hashabnah, placing them together in this specific biblical record Nehemiah 10:25.

Theological Significance

The significance of H2812 is derived entirely from its single appearance in a list.

Historical Record: The name's inclusion serves a documentary purpose, preserving the identity of an individual present during the events recorded in Nehemiah.
Personal Identity: As a feminine form related to "inventiveness," the name provides a unique identifier for this person.
Community Context: By being named alongside figures like Rehum and Maaseiah, Hashabnah is established as part of a specific community group mentioned in scripture.

Summary

In summary, H2812 is the proper name Hashabnah, appearing once in the Bible. It is not a theological term but the name of an Israelite whose identity is preserved in a list in Nehemiah 10:25. Its primary function is to document a specific person's place within the biblical narrative alongside other contemporaries.

How the KJV Renders It

Translation

Strong’s lists the renderings but not their weight. These are counted from the King James text of the tagged verses — the bar under each is how often the translators actually reached for it. Select one to filter the occurrences below.

Grammatical Forms

Morphology

In the Hebrew Old Testament, this word appears as a noun across 1 occurrence, inflected in 1 grammatical form — each row is one form, and the bar is how often it is that form. Select any form to read what each part of its name means, and to filter the occurrence list to it.

חֲשַׁבְנָה

Theographic Context

Context

The people, places, and span of history the verses containing this word touch on — drawn from the theographic tagging of Scripture. Select any name to isolate its verses in the occurrence list.

Biblical Distribution

Distribution

1 verse, all in Nehemiah — and none of the other 38 Old Testament books.

Every Occurrence

Concordance

Every verse where the word is tagged in the King James text. Filter by book, by the English word the translators chose, by grammatical form, or search within the verses.

Sources. Definition and numbering: James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890). Morphology: STEPBible / Tyndale House (CC BY). Verse tagging: the King James text keyed to Strong’s numbers. Every count on this page is computed from the tagged corpus, not estimated.