Strong's Hebrew: 4284. מַחֲשָׁבָה (machashabah or machashebeth) -- Thought, plan, purpose, device, intention

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Lexicon

machashabah or machashebeth: Thought, plan, purpose, device, intention

Original Word: מַחֲשָׁבָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: machashabah
Pronunciation: makh-ash-aw-baw' or makh-ash-eh'-beth
Phonetic Spelling: (makh-ash-aw-baw')
Definition: Thought, plan, purpose, device, intention
Meaning: a contrivance, a texture, machine, intention, plan

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

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

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from chashab
Definition
thought, device
NASB Translation
design (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).

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root חָשַׁב (chashab), which means to think, plan, or calculate.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G266 (ἁμαρτία, hamartia) • sin, often related to the concept of missing the mark or failing in one's intentions.
• G649 (ἀποστέλλω, apostellō) • to send, often with a purpose or plan.
• G1012 (βούλημα, boulēma) • a deliberate intention or plan.
• G1261 (διαλογισμός, dialogismos) • reasoning, thought, or deliberation.
• G1270 (διάνοια, dianoia) • mind, understanding, or intention.
• G1271 (διάνοια, dianoia) • similar to G1270, emphasizing the mind or thought process.
• G1821 (ἐκβάλλω, ekballō) • to cast out, often with a purpose or intention.
• G3053 (λογισμός, logismos) • reasoning or thought.
• G4678 (σοφία, sophia) • wisdom, often related to thoughtful planning or insight.

This entry provides a comprehensive understanding of the Hebrew term מַחֲשָׁבָה, illustrating its significance in biblical texts and its connection to related Greek concepts.

Usage: The word מַחֲשָׁבָה is used in various contexts in the Hebrew Bible to denote thoughts, plans, or intentions. It can refer to human plans or divine purposes, and it is often used to describe the inner workings of the mind or heart.

Context: • מַחֲשָׁבָה appears in the Hebrew Bible in contexts that highlight the intellectual and intentional aspects of human and divine actions. It is used to describe the thoughts and plans of individuals, as well as the purposes and designs of God.
• In Genesis 6:5, the term is used to describe the wickedness of human thoughts: "Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time."
• In Jeremiah 29:11, it reflects God's benevolent plans for His people: "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope."
• The word can also denote the craftsmanship or design of objects, as seen in Exodus 31:4, where it refers to artistic designs: "to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze."
• מַחֲשָׁבָה is used to convey both positive and negative connotations, depending on the context, illustrating the dual nature of human and divine intentions.

Forms and Transliterations

הַמַּחֲשָׁבֹ֗ת המחשבת וּמַ֨חְשְׁבוֹתָ֔יו וּמַחְשְׁבֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם וּמַחְשְׁבֹתֶ֗יךָ וּמַחְשְׁבֹתַ֖י ומחשבותיו ומחשבתי ומחשבתיהם ומחשבתיך מִמַּחְשְׁבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ מַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹת מַֽחֲשַׁבְתּ֔וֹ מַֽחֲשָׁב֔וֹת מַֽחֲשָׁבָ֑ה מַֽחַשָׁבֹ֑ת מַחְשְׁב֖וֹת מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם מַחְשְׁב֤וֹת מַחְשְׁב֥וֹת מַחְשְׁבֹ֣ת מַחְשְׁבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ מַחְשְׁבֹתֶֽיךָ׃ מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֑יו מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖יו מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖ם מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֣ם מַחְשְׁבֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙ מַחְשְׁבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם מַחְשְׁבוֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙ מַחְשְׁבוֹתַי֙ מַחְשְׁבוֹתָ֑ם מַחֲשֶׁ֜בֶת מַחֲשֶׁ֣בֶת מַחֲשֶׁ֥בֶת מַחֲשַׁבְתּ֧וֹ מַחֲשָֽׁבֶת׃ מַחֲשָׁ֑בֶת מַחֲשָׁב֖וֹת מַחֲשָׁב֗וֹת מַחֲשָׁב֣וֹת מַחֲשָׁבָֽה׃ מַחֲשָׁבֹ֑ת מַחֲשָׁבֹֽת׃ מַחֲשָׁבֽוֹת׃ מַחֲשָׁבוֹת֒ מחשבה מחשבה׃ מחשבות מחשבות׃ מחשבותי מחשבותיהם מחשבותיכם מחשבותינו מחשבותם מחשבת מחשבת׃ מחשבתו מחשבתיהם׃ מחשבתיו מחשבתיך׃ מחשבתם ממחשבתיכם׃ ham·ma·ḥă·šā·ḇōṯ hammachashaVot hammaḥăšāḇōṯ ma·ḥă·šā·ḇāh ma·ḥă·šā·ḇeṯ ma·ḥă·šā·ḇō·wṯ ma·ḥa·šā·ḇōṯ ma·ḥă·šā·ḇōṯ ma·ḥă·šaḇ·tōw ma·ḥă·še·ḇeṯ machashaVah machaShavet machashaVot machashavTo machaShevet machsheVot machshevoTai machshevoTam machshevoTav machshevoTeicha machshevoteiChem machshevoteiHem machshevoTeinu maḥ·šə·ḇō·ṯām maḥ·šə·ḇō·ṯāw maḥ·šə·ḇō·ṯê·hem maḥ·šə·ḇō·ṯe·ḵā maḥ·šə·ḇō·w·ṯām maḥ·šə·ḇō·w·ṯay maḥ·šə·ḇō·w·ṯê·hem maḥ·šə·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem maḥ·šə·ḇō·w·ṯê·nū maḥ·šə·ḇō·wṯ maḥ·šə·ḇōṯ maḥăšāḇāh maḥăšāḇeṯ maḥašāḇōṯ maḥăšāḇōṯ maḥăšāḇōwṯ maḥăšaḇtōw maḥăšeḇeṯ maḥšəḇōṯ maḥšəḇōṯām maḥšəḇōṯāw maḥšəḇōṯêhem maḥšəḇōṯeḵā maḥšəḇōwṯ maḥšəḇōwṯām maḥšəḇōwṯay maḥšəḇōwṯêhem maḥšəḇōwṯêḵem maḥšəḇōwṯênū mim·maḥ·šə·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem mimachshevoteiChem mimmaḥšəḇōṯêḵem ū·maḥ·šə·ḇō·ṯay ū·maḥ·šə·ḇō·ṯê·hem ū·maḥ·šə·ḇō·ṯe·ḵā ū·maḥ·šə·ḇō·w·ṯāw umachshevoTai uMachshevoTav umachshevoTeicha umachsheVoteiHem ūmaḥšəḇōṯay ūmaḥšəḇōṯêhem ūmaḥšəḇōṯeḵā ūmaḥšəḇōwṯāw

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Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 6:5
HEB: וְכָל־ יֵ֙צֶר֙ מַחְשְׁבֹ֣ת לִבּ֔וֹ רַ֥ק
NAS: intent of the thoughts of his heart
KJV: and [that] every imagination of the thoughts of his heart
INT: every intent of the thoughts of his heart only

Exodus 31:4
HEB: לַחְשֹׁ֖ב מַחֲשָׁבֹ֑ת לַעֲשׂ֛וֹת בַּזָּהָ֥ב
NAS: to make artistic designs for work
KJV: To devise cunning works, to work
INT: to make designs work gold

Exodus 35:32
HEB: וְלַחְשֹׁ֖ב מַֽחַשָׁבֹ֑ת לַעֲשֹׂ֛ת בַּזָּהָ֥ב
NAS: to make designs for working in gold
KJV: And to devise curious works, to work
INT: to make designs working gold

Exodus 35:33
HEB: בְּכָל־ מְלֶ֥אכֶת מַחֲשָֽׁבֶת׃
NAS: in every inventive work.
KJV: to make any manner of cunning work.
INT: every work inventive

Exodus 35:35
HEB: מְלָאכָ֔ה וְחֹשְׁבֵ֖י מַחֲשָׁבֹֽת׃
NAS: work and makers of designs.
KJV: and of those that devise cunning work.
INT: work and makers of designs

2 Samuel 14:14
HEB: נֶ֔פֶשׁ וְחָשַׁב֙ מַֽחֲשָׁב֔וֹת לְבִלְתִּ֛י יִדַּ֥ח
NAS: but plans ways so that the banished
KJV: yet doth he devise means, that his banished
INT: life plans ways that the banished

1 Chronicles 28:9
HEB: וְכָל־ יֵ֥צֶר מַחֲשָׁב֖וֹת מֵבִ֑ין אִֽם־
NAS: intent of the thoughts. If
KJV: all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek
INT: every intent of the thoughts and understands If

1 Chronicles 29:18
HEB: לְעוֹלָ֔ם לְיֵ֥צֶר מַחְשְׁב֖וֹת לְבַ֣ב עַמֶּ֑ךָ
KJV: in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart
INT: forever the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of your people

2 Chronicles 2:14
HEB: וְלַחְשֹׁ֖ב כָּל־ מַחֲשָׁ֑בֶת אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִנָּֽתֶן־
NAS: any design which
KJV: and to find out every device which shall be put
INT: execute any design which may be assigned

2 Chronicles 26:15
HEB: בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֨ם חִשְּׁבֹנ֜וֹת מַחֲשֶׁ֣בֶת חוֹשֵׁ֗ב לִהְי֤וֹת
NAS: engines [of war] invented by skillful
KJV: engines, invented by cunning men,
INT: Jerusalem engines invented skillful become

Esther 8:3
HEB: הָֽאֲגָגִ֔י וְאֵת֙ מַֽחֲשַׁבְתּ֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָשַׁ֖ב
NAS: the Agagite and his plot which
KJV: the Agagite, and his device that he had devised
INT: Haman the Agagite and his plot which had devised

Esther 8:5
HEB: אֶת־ הַסְּפָרִ֗ים מַחֲשֶׁ֜בֶת הָמָ֤ן בֶּֽן־
NAS: the letters devised by Haman,
KJV: the letters devised by Haman
INT: to revoke the letters devised Haman the son

Esther 9:25
HEB: הַסֵּ֔פֶר יָשׁ֞וּב מַחֲשַׁבְתּ֧וֹ הָרָעָ֛ה אֲשֶׁר־
NAS: that his wicked scheme which
KJV: that his wicked device, which he devised
INT: letter return scheme his wicked which

Job 5:12
HEB: מֵ֭פֵר מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת עֲרוּמִ֑ים וְֽלֹא־
NAS: He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd,
KJV: He disappointeth the devices of the crafty,
INT: frustrates the plotting of the shrewd cannot

Job 21:27
HEB: הֵ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי מַחְשְׁבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וּ֝מְזִמּ֗וֹת עָלַ֥י
NAS: I know your thoughts, And the plans
KJV: Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices
INT: Behold know your thoughts and the plans and

Psalm 33:10
HEB: גּוֹיִ֑ם הֵ֝נִ֗יא מַחְשְׁב֥וֹת עַמִּֽים׃
NAS: He frustrates the plans of the peoples.
KJV: he maketh the devices of the people
INT: of the nations frustrates the plans of the peoples

Psalm 33:11
HEB: לְעוֹלָ֣ם תַּעֲמֹ֑ד מַחְשְׁב֥וֹת לִ֝בּ֗וֹ לְדֹ֣ר
NAS: forever, The plans of His heart
KJV: for ever, the thoughts of his heart
INT: forever stands the plans of his heart generation

Psalm 40:5
HEB: אֱלֹהַי֮ נִֽפְלְאֹתֶ֥יךָ וּמַחְשְׁבֹתֶ֗יךָ אֵ֫לֵ֥ינוּ אֵ֤ין ׀
NAS: which You have done, And Your thoughts toward
KJV: works [which] thou hast done, and thy thoughts [which are] to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order
INT: my God are the wonders and your thoughts toward There

Psalm 56:5
HEB: עָלַ֖י כָּל־ מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֣ם לָרָֽע׃
NAS: All their thoughts are against
KJV: my words: all their thoughts [are] against me for evil.
INT: are against All their thoughts evil

Psalm 92:5
HEB: מְ֝אֹ֗ד עָמְק֥וּ מַחְשְׁבֹתֶֽיךָ׃
NAS: O LORD! Your thoughts are very
KJV: are thy works! [and] thy thoughts are very
INT: are very deep your thoughts

Psalm 94:11
HEB: יְֽהוָ֗ה יֹ֭דֵעַ מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת אָדָ֑ם כִּי־
NAS: knows the thoughts of man,
KJV: knoweth the thoughts of man,
INT: the LORD knows the thoughts of man for

Proverbs 6:18
HEB: לֵ֗ב חֹ֭רֵשׁ מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת אָ֑וֶן רַגְלַ֥יִם
NAS: wicked plans, Feet
KJV: wicked imaginations, feet
INT: A heart devises plans wicked Feet

Proverbs 12:5
HEB: מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת צַדִּיקִ֣ים מִשְׁפָּ֑ט
NAS: The thoughts of the righteous
KJV: The thoughts of the righteous
INT: the thoughts of the righteous are just

Proverbs 15:22
HEB: הָפֵ֣ר מַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹת בְּאֵ֣ין ס֑וֹד
NAS: consultation, plans are frustrated,
KJV: Without counsel purposes are disappointed:
INT: are frustrated plans Without consultation

Proverbs 15:26
HEB: תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת רָ֑ע וּ֝טְהֹרִ֗ים
NAS: Evil plans are an abomination
KJV: The thoughts of the wicked
INT: are an abomination to the LORD plans Evil are pure