1) thought, device 1a) thought 1b) device, plan, purpose 1c) invention
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H4284 — מַחֲשָׁבָה
ma.cha.sha.vah · plot · Hebrew/Aramaic
51 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 6:5 · מַחְשְׁבֹ֣תAnd Jehovah seeth that abundant is the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day;Exodus 31:4 · מַחֲשָׁבֹ֑תto devise devices to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,Exodus 35:32 · מַֽחַשָׁבֹ֑תeven to devise devices to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,Exodus 35:33 · מַחֲשָֽׁבֶת׃and in graving of stones for settings, and in graving of wood to work in any work of design.Exodus 35:35 · מַחֲשָׁבֹֽת׃He hath filled them with wisdom of heart to do every work, of engraver, and designer, and embroiderer (in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in linen), and weaver, who do any work, and of designers of designs.2 Samuel 14:14 · מַֽחֲשָׁב֔וֹתfor we do surely die, and are as water which is running down to the earth, which is not gathered, and God doth not accept a person, and hath devised devices in that the outcast is not outcast by Him.1 Chronicles 28:9 · מַחֲשָׁב֖וֹת‘And thou, Solomon, my son, know the God of thy father, and serve Him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind, for all hearts is Jehovah seeking, and every imagination of the thoughts He is understanding; if thou dost seek Him, He is found of thee, and if thou dost forsake Him, He casteth thee off for ever.1 Chronicles 29:18 · מַחְשְׁב֖וֹת‘O Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this to the age for the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of Thy people, and prepare their heart unto Thee;2 Chronicles 2:14 · מַחֲשָׁ֑בֶת(son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father a man of Tyre), knowing to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stones, and in wood, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, and to grave any graving, and to devise any device that is given to him, with thy wise men, and the wise men of my lord David thy father.2 Chronicles 26:15 · מַחֲשֶׁ֣בֶתAnd he maketh in Jerusalem inventions—a device of an inventor—to be on the towers, and on the corners, to shoot with arrows and with great stones, and his name goeth out unto a distance, for he hath been wonderfully helped till that he hath been strong.Esther 8:3 · מַֽחֲשַׁבְתּ֔וֹAnd Esther addeth, and speaketh before the king, and falleth before his feet, and weepeth, and maketh supplication to him, to cause the evil of Haman the Agagite to pass away, and his device that he had devised against the Jews;Esther 8:5 · מַחֲשֶׁ֜בֶתand saith, ‘If to the king it be good, and if I have found grace before him, and the thing hath been right before the king, and I be good in his eyes, let it be written to bring back the letters—a device of Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite—that he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all provinces of the king,Esther 9:25 · מַחֲשַׁבְתּ֧וֹand in her coming in before the king, he said with the letter, ‘Let his evil device that he devised against the Jews turn back upon his own head,’ and they have hanged him and his sons on the tree,Job 5:12 · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתMaking void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.Job 21:27 · מַחְשְׁבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑םLo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully.Psalm 33:10 · מַחְשְׁב֥וֹתJehovah made void the counsel of nations, He disallowed the thoughts of the peoples.Psalm 33:11 · מַחְשְׁב֥וֹתThe counsel of Jehovah to the age standeth, The thoughts of His heart to all generations.Psalm 40:5 · וּמַחְשְׁבֹתֶ֗יךָMuch hast Thou done, Jehovah my God; Thy wonders and Thy thoughts toward us, There is none to arrange unto Thee, I declare and speak: They have been more than to be numbered.Psalm 56:5 · מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֣םAll the day they wrest my words, Concerning me all their thoughts are for evil,Psalm 92:5 · מַחְשְׁבֹתֶֽיךָ׃How great have been Thy works, O Jehovah, Very deep have been Thy thoughts.Psalm 94:11 · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתHe knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.Proverbs 6:18 · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתA heart devising thoughts of vanity—Feet hasting to run to evil—Proverbs 12:5 · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתThe thoughts of the righteous are justice, The counsels of the wicked—deceit.Proverbs 15:22 · מַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹתWithout counsel is the making void of purposes, And in a multitude of counsellors it is established.Proverbs 15:26 · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתAn abomination to Jehovah are thoughts of wickedness, And pure are sayings of pleasantness.Proverbs 16:3 · מַחְשְׁבֹתֶֽיךָ׃Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,Proverbs 19:21 · מַחֲשָׁב֣וֹתMany are the purposes in a man’s heart, And the counsel of Jehovah it standeth.Proverbs 20:18 · מַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹתPurposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.Proverbs 21:5 · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתThe purposes of the diligent are only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.Isaiah 55:7 · מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֑יוForsake doth the wicked his way, And the man of iniquity his thoughts, And he returneth to Jehovah, and He pitieth him, And unto our God for He multiplieth to pardon.Isaiah 55:8 · מַחְשְׁבוֹתַי֙ · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔םFor not My thoughts are your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways,—an affirmation of Jehovah,Isaiah 55:9 · וּמַחְשְׁבֹתַ֖י · מִמַּחְשְׁבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃For high have the heavens been above the earth, So high have been My ways above your ways, And My thoughts above your thoughts.Isaiah 59:7 · מַחְשְׁבֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙ · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתTheir feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed innocent blood, Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, Spoiling and destruction are in their highways.Isaiah 65:2 · מַחְשְׁבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃I have spread out My hands all the day Unto an apostate people, Who are going in the way not good after their own thoughts.Isaiah 66:18 · וּמַחְשְׁבֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔םAnd I—their works and their thoughts, I come to gather all the nations and tongues, And they have come and seen My honour.Jeremiah 4:14 · מַחְשְׁב֥וֹתWash from evil thy heart, O Jerusalem, That thou mayest be saved, Till when dost thou lodge in thy heart Thoughts of thy strength?Jeremiah 6:19 · מַחְשְׁבוֹתָ֑םHear, O earth, lo, I am bringing evil on this people, The fruit of their devices, For to My words they gave no attention, And My law—they kick against it.Jeremiah 11:19 · מַחֲשָׁב֗וֹתAnd I am as a trained lamb brought to slaughter, And I have not known That against me they have devised devices: We destroy the tree with its food, and cut him off From the land of the living, And his name is not remembered again.Jeremiah 18:11 · מַֽחֲשָׁבָ֑הAnd now, speak, I pray thee, unto men of Judah, And against inhabitants of Jerusalem, Saying: Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am framing against you evil, And devising against you a device, Turn back, I pray you, each from his evil way And amen your ways and your doings.Jeremiah 18:12 · מַחְשְׁבוֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙And they have said, It is incurable, For after our own devices we do go, And each the stubbornness of his evil heart we do.Jeremiah 18:18 · מַחֲשָׁבוֹת֒And they say, Come, And we devise against Jeremiah devices, For law doth not perish from the priest, Nor counsel from the wise, Nor the word from the prophet, Come, and we smite him with the tongue, And we do not attend to any of his words.Jeremiah 29:11 · הַמַּחֲשָׁבֹ֗ת · מַחְשְׁב֤וֹתFor I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you—an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.Jeremiah 49:20 · וּמַ֨חְשְׁבוֹתָ֔יוTherefore, hear ye the counsel of Jehovah, That He hath counselled concerning Edom, And His devices that He hath devised Concerning the inhabitants of Teman: Drag them out do not little ones of the flock, Make desolate over them doth he not their habitation?Jeremiah 49:30 · מַחֲשָׁבָֽה׃Flee, bemoan mightily, go deep to dwell, Ye inhabitants of Hazor—an affirmation of Jehovah, For given counsel against you hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, Yea, he deviseth against them a device.Jeremiah 50:45 · וּמַ֨חְשְׁבוֹתָ֔יוTherefore, hear ye the counsel of Jehovah, That He counselled concerning Babylon, And His devices that He hath devised Concerning the land of the Chaldeans; Drag them out do not little ones of the flock, Doth He not make desolate over them the habitation?Jeremiah 51:29 · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתAnd shake doth the land, and it is pained, For stood against Babylon have the purposes of Jehovah, To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.Lamentations 3:60 · מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖םThou hast seen all their vengeance, All their thoughts of me.Lamentations 3:61 · מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖םThou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, All their thoughts against me,Daniel 11:24 · מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖יוPeaceably even into the fertile places of the province He cometh, and he hath done that which his fathers did not, nor his fathers’ fathers; prey, and spoil, and substance, to them he scattereth, and against fenced places he deviseth his devices, even for a time.Daniel 11:25 · מַחֲשָׁבֽוֹת׃‘And he stirreth up his power and his heart against the king of the south with a great force, and the king of the south stirreth himself up to battle with a very great and mighty force, and standeth not, for they devise devices against him,Micah 4:12 · מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתThey have not known the thoughts of Jehovah, Nor have they understood His counsel, For He hath gathered them as a sheaf into a threshing-floor.