H7195 H7195
Conspiracy — a secret treasonous plot against an established ruler or authority
The sole meaning of this masculine noun is a clandestine plot to overthrow a king or government. It appears as a technical term in the political narratives of Kings and Chronicles, frequently in the formulaic expression 'he conspired a conspiracy' (qashar qesher), as with Zimri against Elah (1 Kgs 16:20), Jehu against Joram (2 Kgs 15:15), and Hoshea against Pekah (2 Kgs 15:30). Queen Athaliah shouts 'Conspiracy! Conspiracy!' upon discovering the coup in her favor has failed (2 Kgs 11:14). Jeremiah and Ezekiel extend the term to prophetic conspiracies against God's people (Jer 11:9; Ezek 22:25). Isaiah warns against labeling every threat a 'conspiracy' (Isa 8:12). French 'conspiration' and Spanish 'conspiracion' preserve the political gravity of the term.
Senses
1. conspiracy — A conspiracy or treasonous plot against a ruler or established authority, the exclusive sense of קֶשֶׁר across all sixteen occurrences. It serves as a political-historical term in the regicide narratives of Kings (1 Kgs 16:20; 2 Kgs 12:21; 14:19; 15:15, 30; 17:4), with Athaliah's panicked cry of 'Conspiracy!' at the Joash coronation coup being its most dramatic use (2 Kgs 11:14). Prophetic texts extend it to conspiracies among false prophets (Ezek 22:25) and Judahite apostasy (Jer 11:9), while Isaiah 8:12 counsels against conspiracy-thinking. 16×
AR["الفِتنَةُ-", "خِيَانَةً", "فِتْنَةً", "مُؤَامَرَةً", "مُؤَامَرَةٌ", "مُؤَامَرَةُ", "وَ-تَآمُرِهِ", "وَفِتْنَتِهِ"]·ben["এবং-তাঁর-ষড়যন্ত্র", "এবং-তার-ষড়যন্ত্র", "ষডযন্ত্র", "ষড়যন্ত্র"]·DE["[קשר]", "conspiracy", "der-conspiracy", "ein-conspiracy", "treason", "und-sein-conspiracy"]·EN["a-conspiracy", "and-his-conspiracy", "conspiracy", "conspiracy-of", "the-conspiracy", "treason"]·FR["[קשר]", "conspiracy", "conspiration", "et-son-conspiracy", "le-conspiracy", "treason", "un-conspiracy"]·heb["ה-קשר", "ו-קשרו", "קשר"]·HI["और-षड़्यंत्रो-अपने", "और-षड्यंत्र-उस-का", "षड़यंत्र", "षड़्यंत्र", "षड्यंत्र", "षड्यंत्र।"]·ID["-persekongkolan", "Persekongkolan", "dan-persekongkolannya", "pengkhianatan", "persekongkolan"]·IT["[קשר]", "congiura", "cospirazione", "e-suo-cospirazione", "il-cospirazione", "treason", "un-cospirazione"]·jav["Komplotan", "kamurkan", "komplotan", "lan-pambelanipun", "lan-piawonipun", "pengkhianatan", "piawon", "sang-komplotan"]·KO["공모를", "그리고-그의-공모", "그리고-그의-음모와", "모의를", "반역이", "반역이다", "음모가", "음모라고", "음모를"]·PT["Conspiração-de", "a-conspiração", "conspiração", "conspição", "e-sua-conspiração", "traição"]·RU["-заговор", "заговор", "заговором", "и-заговор-его"]·ES["Conspiración", "Conspiración-de", "conspiración", "conspiración!", "la-conspiración", "y-su-conspiración", "¡Conspiración"]·SW["Njama", "Uhaini", "fitina", "fitna", "hila", "na-hila-yake", "na-njama-yake", "njama", "uhaini"]·TR["ihanet", "komplo", "komplosu", "ve-komplosu", "ve-komplosu-onun"]·urd["اور-اُس-کی-سازش", "سازش"]
Related Senses
H4421 1. war, battle, armed conflict (319×)H0341 1. enemy, adversary, foe (284×)H3898a 1. Nifal: to fight, wage war (167×)H2026 1. kill, slay (active) (146×)H2451 1. wisdom, discernment (146×)H5483b 1. horse (the animal) (138×)H0006 1. to perish, be destroyed (105×)H7843 1. Hifil: destroy, annihilate (83×)H2491a 1. slain, fatally pierced (74×)H6862c 1. adversary, enemy, foe (69×)H8045 1. destroy, exterminate (69×)G0615 1. kill, put to death (60×)H6571b 1. horseman, cavalryman (52×)H8077a 1. desolation, waste (abstract state) (52×)G4678 1. of wisdom (51×)G4717 1. crucify, fasten to a cross (46×)H2763a 1. utterly destroy (Hifil active) (44×)G0622 1. perish, be destroyed (intransitive) (41×)H0006 2. to destroy, annihilate (Piel) (38×)H8074 1. be desolate, lie waste (36×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† קֶ֫שֶׁר n.m. 2 S 15:12 conspiracy;—abs. ק׳ 2 S 15:12 +, קָ֑שֶׁר 2 K 11:14 +; cstr. קֶ֫שֶׁר Ez 22:25 (but v. infr.); sf. קִשְׁרוֹ 1 K 16:20; 2 K 15:15;—conspiracy 2 S 15:12; as acc. cogn. c. קָשַׁר 1 K 16:20; 2 K 12:21; 14:19 = 2 Ch 25:27; 2 K 15:15, 30; וַיִּמְצָא בְּהוֹשֵׁעַ ק׳ 2 K 17:4, נִמְצָא ק׳ בְּאִישׁ וגו׳ Je 11:9; as exclam. 2 K 11:14(×2) = 2 Ch 23:13(×2); Is 8:12(×2) (Gr Lag CheComm. GuKau al. קֹדֶשׁ or קָדשׁ); קֶשֶׁר נְבִיאֶיהָ Ez 22:25, אֲשֶׁר נְשִׂיאֶיהָ Co Toy Krae al. (after 𝔊).