Count

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kount ( ספר , ṣāphar , מנה , mānāh  ; ψηφίζω , psēphı́zō ): Used of arithmetical computation "to number" ( Psalm 139:18;  Numbers 23:10 ); also for כּתב , kāthabh , "to reckon," to indicate classification among or identification with, "count for a stranger" ( Job 19:15 ); "count for his enemy" ( Job 33:10 ). In the New Testament the arithmetical computation is less prominent, except in the sense of "calculate," psēphizō , sumpsēphı́zō , "to reckon with pebbles," each pebble representing a unit ( Luke 14:28;  Acts 19:19 ); of moral estimate, hēgéomai and logı́zomai ( Philippians 3:7 ,  Philippians 3:13 ). The noun, from Hebrew kāṣath , "a count of" ( Exodus 12:4 ), namely, in the arithmetical sense.

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