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)
Lexicon
Derivation: or מַחֲשֶׁבֶת; from H2803 (חָשַׁב);
a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
- a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot
- or good, advice)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cunning (work), curious work, device(-sed), imagination, invented, means, purpose, thought.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to separate and protect › to consume, to destroy › the house, what is within › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to separate and protect that works to consume, to destroy of the house, what is within that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַחֲשָׁבָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
56 occurrences · 56 OT · 0 NT · 42 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the thoughts6 · 15%
- devices4 · 10%
- of the thoughts3 · 7%
- and thy thoughts3 · 7%
- the devices2 · 5%
- thoughts2 · 5%
- and his purposes2 · 5%
- and all their imaginations2 · 5%
- cunning works1 · 2%
- curious works1 · 2%
- any manner of cunning1 · 2%
- cunning work1 · 2%
- means1 · 2%
- every device1 · 2%
- invented1 · 2%
- and his device1 · 2%
- devised1 · 2%
- device1 · 2%
- your thoughts1 · 2%
- all their thoughts1 · 2%
- imaginations1 · 2%
- purposes1 · 2%
- every purpose1 · 2%
- his thoughts1 · 2%
- for my thoughts1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.