Lexicon machashabah or machashebeth: thought, device Original Word: מַחֲשָׁבָהPart of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: machashabah or machashebeth Phonetic Spelling: (makh-ash-aw-baw') Short Definition: thoughts NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom chashabDefinitionthought, device NASB Translationdesign (1), designs (3), devised (1), intentions* (1), invented (1), inventive (1), plan (2), plans (14), plot (1), plots (1), plotting (1), purposes (3), scheme (2), schemes (4), thoughts (19), ways (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs 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; 2Chron 2:13; construct מַחֲשֶׁבֶת Esther 8:5; 2Chronicles 26:15; suffix מַחֲשַׁבְתּוֺ Esther 8:3; Esther 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 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).
Strong's cunning work, curious work, imagination, invented, means, purpose, thought Or 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 |
