H7195 - קֶשֶׁר (qesher)

H7195 קֶשֶׁר (qesher) keh'-sher

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

conspiracy

Strong's Definition

an (unlawful) alliance

Derivation: from H7194 (קָשַׁר);

KJV Usage: confederacy, conspiracy, treason.

TWOT Reference: 2090a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) conspiracy, treason, (unlawful) alliance

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G93 G1199 G1936 G4886 G4963

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

conspiracy, treason, (unlawful) alliance

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

קֶשֶׁר qesher BDB Definition: 1) conspiracy, treason, (unlawful) alliance Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H7194 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2090a Total KJV Occurrences: 16

Bible Occurrences (13)

15:12

16:20

11:14 12:20 14:19 15:15 15:30 17:4

23:13 25:27

8:12

11:9

22:25

2 Samuel 15:12

While [Absalom] was offering the sacrifices, [he] sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, [to come] from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing....

1 Kings 16:20

As for the rest of the acts of Zimri and the treason he committed, [are] they not written in the Book of the Chronicles... of the Kings of Israel?

2 Kings 11:14

And she looked out and saw the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, Treason! Treason!

2 Kings 12:20

And the servants [of Joash] rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed [him]... at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla.

2 Kings 14:19

And conspirators plotted against {Amaziah] in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.

2 Kings 15:15

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.

2 Kings 15:30

Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, [Hoshea] attacked [Pekah], killed him, and reigned in his place.

2 Kings 17:4

But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years.... Therefore the king of Assyria arrested [Hoshea] and put him... in prison.