1) thought, device 1a) thought 1b) device, plan, purpose 1c) invention
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H4284 — מַחֲשָׁבָה
ma.cha.sha.vah · plot · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 6:5 · מַחְשְׁבֹ֣תAnd Jehovah 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.Exodus 31:4 · מַחֲשָׁבֹ֑תto devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,Exodus 35:32 · מַֽחַשָׁבֹ֑תand to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,Exodus 35:33 · מַחֲשָֽׁבֶת׃and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of skilful workmanship.Exodus 35:35 · מַחֲשָׁבֹֽת׃Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of the engraver, and of the skilful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any workmanship, and of those that devise skilful works.2 Samuel 14:14 · מַֽחֲשָׁב֔וֹתFor we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God take away life, but deviseth means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.1 Chronicles 28:9 · מַחֲשָׁב֖וֹתAnd thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.1 Chronicles 29:18 · מַחְשְׁב֖וֹתO Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of 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;2 Chronicles 2:14 · מַחֲשָׁ֑בֶתthe son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to grave any manner of graving, and to devise any device; that there may be a place appointed unto him with thy skilful men, and with the skilful men of my lord David thy father.2 Chronicles 26:15 · מַחֲשֶׁ֣בֶתAnd he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and upon the battlements, wherewith to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.Esther 8:3 · מַֽחֲשַׁבְתּ֔וֹAnd Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.Esther 8:5 · מַחֲשֶׁ֜בֶתAnd she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king’s provinces:Esther 9:25 · מַחֲשַׁבְתּ֧וֹbut when the matter came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.Job 5:12 · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתHe frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.Job 21:27 · מַחְשְׁבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑םBehold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.Psalm 33:10 · מַחְשְׁב֥וֹתJehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.Psalm 33:11 · מַחְשְׁב֥וֹתThe counsel of Jehovah standeth fast for ever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations.Psalm 40:5 · וּמַחְשְׁבֹתֶ֗יךָMany, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, And thy thoughts which are to us-ward; They cannot be set in order unto thee; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.Psalm 56:5 · מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֣םAll the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.Psalm 92:5 · מַחְשְׁבֹתֶֽיךָ׃How great are thy works, O Jehovah! Thy thoughts are very deep.Psalm 94:11 · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתJehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity.Proverbs 6:18 · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתA heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,Proverbs 12:5 · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתThe thoughts of the righteous are just; But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.Proverbs 15:22 · מַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹתWhere there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed; But in the multitude of counsellors they are established.Proverbs 15:26 · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתEvil devices are an abomination to Jehovah; But pleasant words are pure.Proverbs 16:3 · מַחְשְׁבֹתֶֽיךָ׃Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.Proverbs 19:21 · מַחֲשָׁב֣וֹתThere are many devices in a man’s heart; But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.Proverbs 20:18 · מַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹתEvery purpose is established by counsel; And by wise guidance make thou war.Proverbs 21:5 · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתThe thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.Isaiah 55:7 · מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֑יוlet the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.Isaiah 55:8 · מַחְשְׁבוֹתַי֙ · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔םFor my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.Isaiah 55:9 · וּמַחְשְׁבֹתַ֖י · מִמַּחְשְׁבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.Isaiah 59:7 · מַחְשְׁבֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙ · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתTheir feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.Isaiah 65:2 · מַחְשְׁבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, that walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;Isaiah 66:18 · וּמַחְשְׁבֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔םFor I know their works and their thoughts: the time cometh, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and shall see my glory.Jeremiah 4:14 · מַחְשְׁב֥וֹתO Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?Jeremiah 6:19 · מַחְשְׁבוֹתָ֑םHear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.Jeremiah 11:19 · מַחֲשָׁב֗וֹתBut I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.Jeremiah 18:11 · מַֽחֲשָׁבָ֑הNow therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.Jeremiah 18:12 · מַחְשְׁבוֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart.Jeremiah 18:18 · מַחֲשָׁבוֹת֒Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.Jeremiah 29:11 · הַמַּחֲשָׁבֹ֗ת · מַחְשְׁב֤וֹתFor I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.Jeremiah 49:20 · וּמַ֨חְשְׁבוֹתָ֔יוTherefore hear ye the counsel of Jehovah, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely they shall drag them away, even the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.Jeremiah 49:30 · מַחֲשָׁבָֽה׃Flee ye, wander far off, dwell in the depths, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith Jehovah; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.Jeremiah 50:45 · וּמַ֨חְשְׁבוֹתָ֔יוTherefore hear ye the counsel of Jehovah, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they shall drag them away, even the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.Jeremiah 51:29 · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתAnd the land trembleth and is in pain; for the purposes of Jehovah against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.Lamentations 3:60 · מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖םThou hast seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me.Lamentations 3:61 · מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖םThou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, and all their devices against me,Daniel 11:24 · מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖יוIn time of security shall he come even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them prey, and spoil, and substance: yea, he shall devise his devices against the strongholds, even for a time.Daniel 11:25 · מַחֲשָׁבֽוֹת׃And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall war in battle with an exceeding great and mighty army; but he shall not stand; for they shall devise devices against him.Micah 4:12 · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתBut they know not the thoughts of Jehovah, neither understand they his counsel; for he hath gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor.