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 said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by H…”