H4284 מַחֲשָׁבָה
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 56 KJV occurrences
מַחֲשָׁבָה
machăshâbâh · makh-ash-aw-baw'
Definition
a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
KJV Renderings
cunning (work), curious work, device(-sed), imagination, invented, means, purpose, thought.
Derivation / Etymology
or מַחֲשֶׁבֶת; from H2803 (חָשַׁב);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 56)
- Genesis 6:5¶ And 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.
- 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:
- Job 21:27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
- Proverbs 6:18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
- Proverbs 21:5The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
- Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
- Jeremiah 18:12And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
- Jeremiah 51:29And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.