מַחֲשָׁבָה
machăshâbâh(makh-ash-aw-baw')
“a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)”
56 occurrencesOld TestamentCommon word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
Translated in KJV as
cunning (work)curious workdevice(-sed)imaginationinventedmeanspurposethought.
Etymology
or מַחֲשֶׁבֶת; from H2803 (חָשַׁב);
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“And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously h…”