Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H4284
מַחֲשָׁבָה
ma.cha.sha.vah · “plot”
Used 56 times across 15 books
Definition
1) thought, device
1a) thought
1b) device, plan, purpose
1c) invention
1a) thought
1b) device, plan, purpose
1c) invention
Where it appears
Genesis1
Exodus4
2 Samuel1
1 Chronicles2
2 Chronicles2
Esther3
Job2
Psalms6
Proverbs8
Isaiah9
Jeremiah12
Lamentations2
Ezekiel1
Daniel2
Micah1
In the text
Genesis 6:5And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.Exodus 31:4To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,Exodus 35:32And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,Exodus 35:33And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.Exodus 35:35Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.2 Samuel 14:14For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.1 Chronicles 29:18O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:2 Chronicles 2:13And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,2 Chronicles 26:15And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
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