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Lexicon :: Strong's H4284 - maḥăšāḇâ

Aa
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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:5 - And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:4 - To do all sorts of delicate work in gold and silver and brass;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:32 - As an expert designer of beautiful things, working in gold and silver and brass;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:33 - Trained in the cutting of stones and the ornamenting of wood and in every sort of handwork.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - To them he has given knowledge of all the arts of the handworker, of the designer, and the expert workman; of the maker of needlework in blue and purple and red and the best linen, and of the maker of cloth; in all the arts of the designer and the trained workman they are expert.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:14 - For death comes to us all, and we are like water drained out on the earth, which it is not possible to take up again; and God will not take away the life of the man whose purpose is that he who has been sent away may not be completely cut off from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:9 - And you, Solomon my son, get knowledge of the God of your father, and be his servant with a true heart and with a strong desire, for the Lord is the searcher of all hearts, and has knowledge of all the designs of men's thoughts; if you make search for him, he will be near you; but if you are turned away from him, he will give you up for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:18 - O Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the deepest thoughts of your people, and let their hearts be fixed and true to you;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:14 - The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, whose father was a man of Tyre, an expert worker in gold and silver and brass and iron, in stone and wood, in purple and blue and fair linen and red, trained in the cutting of every sort of ornament and the invention of every sort of design; let him be given a place among your expert workmen and those of my lord, your father David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15 - And in Jerusalem he made machines, the invention of expert men, to be placed on the towers and angles of the walls for sending arrows and great stones. And his name was honoured far and wide; for he was greatly helped till he was strong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:3 - Then Esther again came before the king, falling down at his feet, and made request to him with weeping, that he would put a stop to the evil purposes of Haman the Agagite and the designs which he had made against the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:5 - And she said, If it is the king's pleasure and if I have his approval and this thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing to him, then let letters be sent giving orders against those which Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, sent out for the destruction of the Jews in all divisions of the kingdom:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:25 - But when the business was put before the king, he gave orders by letters that the evil design which he had made against the Jews was to be turned against himself; and that he and his sons were to be put to death by hanging.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:12 - Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:27 - See, I am conscious of your thoughts, and of your violent purposes against me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:10 - The Lord undoes the designs of the nations; he makes the thoughts of the peoples without effect.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:11 - The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:5 - O Lord my God, great are the wonders which you have done in your thought for us; it is not possible to put them out in order before you; when I would give an account of them, their number is greater than I may say.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:5 - Every day they make wrong use of my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:5 - O Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:11 - The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:18 - A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:5 - The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:22 - Where there are no wise suggestions, purposes come to nothing; but by a number of wise guides they are made certain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:26 - Evil designs are disgusting to the Lord, but the words of the clean-hearted are pleasing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:3 - Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:21 - A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:18 - Every purpose is put into effect by wise help: and by wise guiding make war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:5 - The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:7 - Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:8 - For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord.

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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 BoxIsa 59:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:7 - Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:2 - All day my hands have been stretched out to an uncontrolled people, who go in an evil way, after the purposes of their hearts;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:18 - And I am coming to get together all nations and tongues: and they will come and will see my glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:14 - O Jerusalem, make your heart clean from evil, so that you may have salvation. How long are evil purposes to have a resting-place in you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:19 - Give ear, O earth: see, I will make evil come on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not given attention to my words, and they would have nothing to do with my law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:19 - But I was like a gentle lamb taken to be put to death; I had no thought that they were designing evil against me, saying, Come and let us make trouble his food, cutting him off from the land of the living, so that there may be no more memory of his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:11 - Now, then, say to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am forming an evil thing against you, and designing a design against you: let every man come back now from his evil way, and let your ways and your doings be changed for the better.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:12 - But they will say, There is no hope: we will go on in our designs, and every one of us will do what he is moved by the pride of his evil heart to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:18 - Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:11 - For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:20 - For this cause give ear to the decision of the Lord which he has made against Edom, and to his purposes designed against the people of Teman: Truly, they will be pulled away by the smallest of the flock; truly, he will make waste their fields with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:30 - Go in flight, go wandering far off, take cover in deep places, O people of Hazor, says the Lord; for Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, has made a design against you, he has a purpose against you in mind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45 - So give ear to the decision of the Lord which he has made against Babylon, and to his purposes designed against the land of the Chaldaeans; Truly, they will be pulled away by the smallest of the flock; truly, he will make waste their fields with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:29 - And the land is shaking and in pain: for the purposes of the Lord are fixed, to make the land of Babylon an unpeopled waste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:60

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:60 - You have seen all the evil rewards they have sent on me, and all their designs against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:61

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:61 - Their bitter words have come to your ears, O Lord, and all their designs against me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:10 - This is what the Lord has said: In that day it will come about that things will come into your mind, and you will have thoughts of an evil design:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:24 - Against fertile places, and will make waste a part of the country; and he will do what his fathers have not done, or his fathers' fathers; he will make distribution among them of goods taken in war and by force, and of property: he will even make designs against the strong places for a time.

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