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 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.”