King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4284
Transliteration: machashabah or machashebeth
Phonetic Spelling: (makh-ash-aw-baw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: thought, device
Meaning: a contrivance, a texture, machine, intention, plan
Word Summary
machashabah or machashebeth: thought, device
Original Word: מַחֲשָׁבָהTransliteration: machashabah or machashebeth
Phonetic Spelling: (makh-ash-aw-baw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: thought, device
Meaning: a contrivance, a texture, machine, intention, plan
Strong's Concordance
cunning work, curious work, imagination, invented, means, purpose, thoughtOr machashebeth {makh-ash-eh'-beth}; from chashab; 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.
see HEBREW chashab
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4284. machashabah
or machashebeth מַחֲשָׁבָה noun feminine thought, device (chiefly in poetry and late) — absolute ׳מ Jeremiah 18:11; 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; 9:25; plural מַחֲשָׁבוֺת Jeremiah 11:19 7t.; מַחֲשְׁבֹת Exodus 31:4 3t.; construct מַחְשְׁבוֺת Isaiah 59:7 13t.; מַחְשְׁבֹת Genesis 6:5; suffix מַחְשְׁבוֺתַי Isaiah 55:8 etc. + 19 t. suffixes; —
1 thought:
a. of man ׳מ אדם Psalm 94:11; ׳מ לֵב 33:11 thoughts of the mind; מ יצר ׳(כל) (לבׅ Genesis 6:5 (J), 1 Chronicles 28:9; 29:18.
b. of God ׳מ יהוה 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); 55:9 (twice in verse).
2 device, plan, purpose Isaiah 55:7; 59:7; 65:2; 66:18; Jeremiah 6:19; 18:12; Psalm 56:6; Proverbs 19:21; Job 21:27; Lamentations 3:60-61, Esther 8:5; ׳מ חָרוּץ Proverbs 21:5; ׳מ עֲרוּמִים Job 5:12; ׳מ צדיקים Proverbs 12:5; ׳מ עמים Psalm 33:10; ׳מ אֹון Isaiah 59:7; Jeremiah 4:14; Proverbs 6:18; ׳מ רע 15:26; ׳מ שָׁלוֺם Jeremiah 21:11; מ ׳חשׁב devise devices 2 Samuel 14:14; Jeremiah 11:19; 18:11, 18; 29:11; 49:20, 30; 50:45; Ezekiel 38:10; Daniel 11:24-25, Esther 8:3; 9:25; ׳מ as subject of נָכוֺן be established Proverbs 16:3; 20:18; מ ׳הפר break plans 15:22.
3 invention Exodus 31:4; 35:32-33, 35 (all P), 2 Chronicles 2:13; 26:15 (see חָשַׁב I 5).