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 · מַחְשְׁבֹ֣תYahweh 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 skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,Exodus 35:32 · מַֽחַשָׁבֹ֑תand to make skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, in brass,Exodus 35:33 · מַחֲשָֽׁבֶת׃in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of skillful workmanship.Exodus 35:35 · מַחֲשָׁבֹֽת׃He has filled them with wisdom of heart, to work all kinds of workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those who do any workmanship, and of those who make skillful works.2 Samuel 14:14 · מַֽחֲשָׁב֔וֹתFor we must die, and are as water split on the ground, which can’t be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.1 Chronicles 28:9 · מַחֲשָׁב֖וֹתYou, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.1 Chronicles 29:18 · מַחְשְׁב֖וֹתYahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and prepare their heart for you;2 Chronicles 2:14 · מַחֲשָׁ֑בֶתthe son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful 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 engrave any kind of engraving, and to devise any device; that there may be a place appointed to him with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.2 Chronicles 26:15 · מַחֲשֶׁ֣בֶתHe made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and on the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. His name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, until he was strong.Esther 8:3 · מַֽחֲשַׁבְתּ֔וֹEsther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and begged 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 · מַחֲשֶׁ֜בֶתShe said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right to the king, and I am 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 who are in all the king’s provinces.Esther 9:25 · מַחֲשַׁבְתּ֧וֹbut when this became known to the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.Job 5:12 · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתHe frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can’t perform their enterprise.Job 21:27 · מַחְשְׁבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם“Behold, I know your thoughts, the devices with which you would wrong me.Psalm 33:10 · מַחְשְׁב֥וֹתYahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.Psalm 33:11 · מַחְשְׁב֥וֹתThe counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.Psalm 40:5 · וּמַחְשְׁבֹתֶ֗יךָMany, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.Psalm 56:5 · מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֣םAll day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.Psalm 92:5 · מַחְשְׁבֹתֶֽיךָ׃How great are your works, Yahweh! Your thoughts are very deep.Psalm 94:11 · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתYahweh knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.Proverbs 6:18 · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתa heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,Proverbs 12:5 · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתThe thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.Proverbs 15:22 · מַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹתWhere there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.Proverbs 15:26 · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתYahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.Proverbs 16:3 · מַחְשְׁבֹתֶֽיךָ׃Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.Proverbs 19:21 · מַחֲשָׁב֣וֹתThere are many plans in a man’s heart, but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail.Proverbs 20:18 · מַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹתPlans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!Proverbs 21:5 · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתThe plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.Isaiah 55:7 · מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֑יוlet the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.Isaiah 55:8 · מַחְשְׁבוֹתַי֙ · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” says Yahweh.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 to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;Isaiah 66:18 · וּמַחְשְׁבֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם“For I know their works and their thoughts: the time comes, that I will gather all nations and languages; and they shall come, and shall see my glory.Jeremiah 4:14 · מַחְשְׁב֥וֹתJerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?Jeremiah 6:19 · מַחְשְׁבוֹתָ֑םHear, earth! Behold, I will bring evil on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to 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 didn’t know that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, 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 says Yahweh: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return you now everyone 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 everyone after the stubbornness of his evil heart.Jeremiah 18:18 · מַחֲשָׁבוֹת֒Then they said, 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 strike 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, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.Jeremiah 49:20 · וּמַ֨חְשְׁבוֹתָ֔יוTherefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely they shall drag them away, the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.Jeremiah 49:30 · מַחֲשָׁבָֽה׃Flee, wander far off, dwell in the depths, you inhabitants of Hazor, says Yahweh; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you, and has conceived a purpose against you.Jeremiah 50:45 · וּמַ֨חְשְׁבוֹתָ֔יוTherefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he has 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 · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתThe land trembles and is in pain; for the purposes of Yahweh against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.Lamentations 3:60 · מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖םYou have seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me.Lamentations 3:61 · מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖םYou have heard their reproach, Yahweh, and all their devices against me,Daniel 11:24 · מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖יוIn time of security shall he come even on 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: yes, he shall devise his devices against the strongholds, even for a time.Daniel 11:25 · מַחֲשָׁבֽוֹת׃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 don’t know the thoughts of Yahweh, neither do they understand his counsel; for he has gathered them like the sheaves to the threshing floor.