- Original: שׁער - Transliteration: Sha`ar - Phonetic: shaw-ar' - Definition: 1. to split open, reason out, calculate, reckon, estimate a. (Qal) to calculate Proverbs 23:7 - Origin: primitive root - TWOT entry: 2438 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to split or open that is (literally but only as denominative from H8179 ) to act as gate keeper (see H7778 ); (figuratively) to estimate: - think. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • thinketh, 1 Proverbs 23:7