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Lexicon :: Strong's H4284 - maḥăšāḇâ

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מַחֲשָׁבָה
Transliteration
maḥăšāḇâ
Pronunciation
makh-ash-aw-baw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 767d

Strong’s Definitions

מַחֲשָׁבָה machăshâbâh, makh-ash-aw-baw'; or מַחֲשֶׁבֶת machăshebeth; from H2803; a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice):—cunning (work), curious work, device(-sed), imagination, invented, means, purpose, thought.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 56x

The KJV translates Strong's H4284 in the following manner: thought (28x), device (12x), purpose (6x), work (3x), imaginations (3x), cunning (1x), devised (1x), invented (1x), means (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 56x
The KJV translates Strong's H4284 in the following manner: thought (28x), device (12x), purpose (6x), work (3x), imaginations (3x), cunning (1x), devised (1x), invented (1x), means (1x).

  1. thought, device

    1. thought

    2. device, plan, purpose

    3. invention

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַחֲשָׁבָה machăshâbâh, makh-ash-aw-baw'; or מַחֲשֶׁבֶת machăshebeth; from H2803; a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice):—cunning (work), curious work, device(-sed), imagination, invented, means, purpose, thought.
STRONGS H4284: Abbreviations
† מַחֲשָׁבָה noun feminine thought, device (chiefly in poetry and late) — absolute מ׳ Jeremiah 18:11; Jeremiah 49:30; מַחֲשֶׁ֫בֶת Ezekiel 38:10; מַחֲשָׁ֑בֶת Exodus 35:33; 2 Chronicles 2:13; construct מַחֲשֶׁבֶת Esther 8:5; 2 Chronicles 26:15; suffix מַחֲשַׁבְתּוֺ Esther 8:3; Esther 9:25; plural מַחֲשָׁבוֺת Jeremiah 11:19 + 7 times; מַחֲשְׁבֹת Exodus 31:4 + 3 times; construct מַחְשְׁבוֺת Isaiah 59:7 + 13 times; מַחְשְׁבֹת Genesis 6:5; suffix מַחְשְׁבוֺתַי Isaiah 55:8 etc. + 19 times suffixes; —
1. thought:
a. of man אדם מ׳ Psalm 94:11; לֵב מ׳ Psalm 33:11 thoughts of the mind; (לבׅ (כל) יצר מ׳ Genesis 6:5 (J), 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles 29:18.
b. of God יהוה מ׳ Micah 4:12; with אֶלֿ Psalm 40:6; עַלֿ Jeremiah 51:29; the thoughts of God are exceeding deep Psalm 92:6; higher than man's thoughts Isaiah 55:8 (twice in verse); Isaiah 55:9 (twice in verse).
2. device, plan, purpose Isaiah 55:7; Isaiah 59:7; Isaiah 65:2; Isaiah 66:18; Jeremiah 6:19; Jeremiah 18:12; Psalm 56:6; Proverbs 19:21; Job 21:27; Lamentations 3:60, 61; Esther 8:5; חָרוּץ מ׳ Proverbs 21:5; עֲרוּמִים מ׳ Job 5:12; צדיקים מ׳ Proverbs 12:5; עמים מ׳ Psalm 33:10; אֹון מ׳ Isaiah 59:7; Jeremiah 4:14; Proverbs 6:18; רע מ׳ Proverbs 15:26; שָׁלוֺם מ׳ Jeremiah 21:11; חשׁב מ׳ devise devices 2 Samuel 14:14; Jeremiah 11:19; Jeremiah 18:11, 18; Jeremiah 29:11; Jeremiah 49:20, 30; Jeremiah 50:45; Ezekiel 38:10; Daniel 11:24, 25; Esther 8:3; Esther 9:25; מ׳ as subject of נָכוֺן be established Proverbs 16:3; Proverbs 20:18; הפר מ׳ break plans Proverbs 15:22.
3. invention Exodus 31:4; Exodus 35:32, 33, 35 (all P), 2 Chron 2:13; 2 Chronicles 26:15 (see חָשַׁב I 5).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:5; 6:5

Exodus

31:4; 31:4; 35:32; 35:33; 35:33; 35:35

2 Samuel

14:14

1 Chronicles

28:9; 29:18

2 Chronicles

2:13; 2:13; 26:15; 26:15

Esther

8:3; 8:3; 8:5; 8:5; 9:25; 9:25

Job

5:12; 21:27

Psalms

33:10; 33:11; 40:6; 56:6; 92:6; 94:11

Proverbs

6:18; 12:5; 15:22; 15:26; 16:3; 19:21; 20:18; 21:5

Isaiah

55:7; 55:8; 55:8; 55:9; 59:7; 59:7; 59:7; 65:2; 66:18

Jeremiah

4:14; 6:19; 11:19; 11:19; 18:11; 18:11; 18:12; 18:18; 21:11; 29:11; 49:20; 49:30; 49:30; 50:45; 51:29

Lamentations

3:60; 3:61

Ezekiel

38:10; 38:10

Daniel

11:24; 11:25

Micah

4:12

H4284

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4284 matches the Hebrew מַחֲשָׁבָה (maḥăšāḇâ),
which occurs 56 times in 52 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 6:5–Dan 11:24)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:5 - And Jehovah 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:4 - to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:32 - and to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:33 - and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of skilful workmanship.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of the engraver, and of the skilful 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 workmanship, and of those that devise skilful works.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:14 - For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God take away life, but deviseth means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:9 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:18 - O Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of 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;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:14 - the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to grave any manner of graving, and to devise any device; that there may be a place appointed unto him with thy skilful men, and with the skilful men of my lord David thy father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15 - And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and upon the battlements, wherewith to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:3 - And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:5 - And she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king’s provinces:

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:25 - but when the matter came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:12 -
He frustrateth the devices of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:27 -
Behold, I know your thoughts,
And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:10 -
Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought;
He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:11 -
The counsel of Jehovah standeth fast for ever,
The thoughts of his heart to all generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:5 -
Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done,
And thy thoughts which are to us-ward:
They cannot be set in order unto thee;
If I would declare and speak of them,
They are more than can be numbered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:5 -
All the day long they wrest my words:
All their thoughts are against me for evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:5 -
How great are thy works, O Jehovah!
Thy thoughts are very deep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:11 -
Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man,
That they are vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:18 -
A heart that deviseth wicked purposes,
Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:5 -
The thoughts of the righteous are just;
But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:22 -
Where there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed;
But in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:26 -
Evil devices are an abomination to Jehovah;
But pleasant words are pure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:3 -
Commit thy works unto Jehovah,
And thy purposes shall be established.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:21 -
There are many devices in a man’s heart;
But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:18 -
Every purpose is established by counsel;
And by wise guidance make thou war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:5 -
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness;
But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:7 - let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:8 - For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:9 - For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:7 - Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:2 - I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, that walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:18 - For I know their works and their thoughts: the time cometh, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and shall see my glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:14 - O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:19 - Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:19 - But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:11 - Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:12 - But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:18 - Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:11 - For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:20 - Therefore hear ye the counsel of Jehovah, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely they shall drag them away, even the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:30 - Flee ye, wander far off, dwell in the depths, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith Jehovah; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45 - Therefore hear ye the counsel of Jehovah, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they shall drag them away, even the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:29 - And the land trembleth and is in pain; for the purposes of Jehovah against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:60

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:60 -
Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:61

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:61 -
Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, and all their devices against me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:10 - Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: It shall come to pass in that day, that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shalt devise an evil device:

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:24 - In time of security shall he come even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them prey, and spoil, and substance: yea, he shall devise his devices against the strongholds, even for a time.

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