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ma.cha.sha.vah H4284

מַחֲשָׁבָה (ma.cha.sha.vah) means “plot” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מַחֲשָׁבָה Hebrew · H4284 56 tagged occurrences in 52 verses

Pronunciation guide: makh-ash-aw-baw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4284

מַחֲשָׁבָה · ma.cha.sha.vah · plot

1) thought, device 1a) thought 1b) device, plan, purpose 1c) invention

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

or מַחֲשֶׁבֶת; from H2803 (חָשַׁב); a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)

KJV glosses: cunning (work), curious work, device(-sed), imagination, invented, means, purpose, thought.

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How translators render H4284

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
plans 4
artistic 3
the plans 3
the thoughts 3
and the strategies 2
scheme 2
their plots 2
their thoughts 2
thoughts 2
a plan 1
a strategy 1
and my thoughts 1
and the plans you have 1
and thoughts 1
and your plans 1
are your thoughts 1
design 1
designed 1
his thoughts 1
in the intentions 1
intentions 1
my thoughts 1
of the thoughts 1
of their own schemes 1
our own plans 1
plan 1
schemes 1
than your thoughts 1
that the scheming 1
the devices 1
the plots 1
the purposes 1
the schemes 1
their own imaginations 1
thought 1
ways 1
your thoughts 1
your thoughts full well 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the thoughts 6
devices 4
of the thoughts 3
thoughts 3
all their imaginations 2
and his purposes 2
and thy thoughts 2
the devices 2
a device 1
a purpose 1
all their thoughts 1
and his device 1
and my thoughts 1
and their thoughts 1
any manner of cunning 1
cunning work 1
cunning works 1
curious works 1
device 1
devised 1
every device 1
for every purpose 1
for my thoughts 1
his devices 1
his thoughts 1
imaginations 1
invented 1
means 1
not the thoughts 1
not your thoughts 1
of their thoughts 1
our own devices 1
purpose 1
purposes 1
than your thoughts 1
their own thoughts 1
their thoughts 1
thought 1
thy thoughts 1
your thoughts 1

Verses containing H4284

Page 2 of 2. 52 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Daniel 11:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And with a large army he will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South, who will mobilize a very large and powerful army but will not withstand the plots devised against him.

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  2. Micah 4:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

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Sources and text

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We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.

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