ψηφίζω (psaʸfizō) — to count / to calculate / to add up

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: ψώχω

Sense 1: to count, to calculate, to add up, to figure out

Semantic entry: 60.4

Semantic domains: Number

Subdomains: Number, Countless

Definition: to count up or calculate a total

Notes: This process of ‘adding up the number of the beast’ involved calculating the total based upon the numerical values of each of the letters of the name. For another interpretation of ψηφίζω in OET REV 13:18, see 32.15: ψηφίζω.

Show passage in OET: LUK 14:28

OET-RV LUK 14:28

28 because none of you would want to build a tower without first counting the cost and figuring out if you’ll have enough to complete it.

OET-LV LUK 14:28

28 For/Because which of you _all wanting to _build a_tower, not first having _sat _down, is _counting the cost, whether he _is _having enough for the_completion?

Show passage in OET: REV 13:18

OET-RV REV 13:18

18 This calls for wisdom: Let anyone who has understanding calculate the number of the creature, because it’s the number of a man and his number is 666.

OET-LV REV 13:18

18 Here the wisdom is:
the one having a_mind let _count the number of _the wild _animal, because/for the_number of_a_man it _is, and the number of _it is six _hundred sixty six.

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Sense 2: to come to understand, to interpret, to figure out

Semantic entry: 32.15

Semantic domains: Understand

Subdomains: Come To Understand

Definition: to come to understand the meaning of something by figuring it out

Notes: The third person imperative form ψηφισάτω in OET REV 13:18 is extremely difficult to render in some languages, and even in English the expression ‘let him understand’ is quite misleading, since it might imply permission rather than polite command. In some languages the equivalent of this third person imperative is an expression such as ‘should understand’ or ‘ought to be able to understand.’ For another interpretation of ψηφίζω in OET REV 13:18, see 60.4: συμψηφίζω / 60.4: ψηφίζω.