מַחֲשָׁבָה

Strong’s Definition

a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)

Etymology & Derivation

or מַחֲשֶׁבֶת; from H2803 (חָשַׁב);

KJV Usage

cunning (work), curious work, device(-sed), imagination, invented, means, purpose, thought.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.thought, device
• 2.thought
• 3.device, plan, purpose
• 4.invention

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: machăshâbâh; Pronunciation: makh-ash-aw-baw'