חָשַׁב

chashab

kha-SHAV

to reckon, count, impute

Where it comes from

An accounting word — to enter a figure in a ledger. Abram believes, and God writes righteousness in his column. Paul builds most of Romans 4 on this one verb.

Genesis 15:6

And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

This is day 66 of XA Daily, a free study app with a Hebrew word each morning, readings for morning and night, and the whole King James Bible. No account, nothing tracked.