1. conspiracy — A secret plot or treasonous alliance against a ruler or established authority, the sole lexicographic sense of קֶשֶׁר. All occurrences describe political conspiracies: Zimri's conspiracy against Elah (1 Kgs 16:20), Athaliah's cry of 'Treason!' (2 Kgs 11:14), Shallum's conspiracy (2 Kgs 15:15, 15:30), Hoshea's conspiracy (2 Kgs 17:4), Isaiah's warning not to call everything a conspiracy (Isa 8:12), Jeremiah's report of conspiracy among Judah (Jer 11:9), Ezekiel's charge against the prophets (Ezek 22:25), and conspiracies in Chronicles (2 Chr 23:13, 25:27). Arabic فِتْنَةً/مُؤَامَرَةٌ (sedition/conspiracy), Korean 공모/음모/반역 (collusion/plot/treason), Spanish conspiración, Hindi षड़्यंत्र (conspiracy), German conspiracy/treason. The 'treason' rendering in 2 Kgs 11:14 is the same word used emphatically rather than a different sense. All clusters (including construct, suffixed, and articular forms) represent the same meaning with mere morphological variation. 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"]
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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).