Strong's H4284

מַחֲשָׁבָה

Transliteration

machăshâbâh

Pronunciation

makh-ash-aw-baw'

Definition

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

KJV usage

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

Derivation

or מַחֲשֶׁבֶת; from H2803 (חָשַׁב);

From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Hebrew dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.