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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“But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on t…”