Strong’s H4284 · Hebrew
מַחֲשָׁבָה
machăshâbâh · makh-ash-aw-baw'
Origin or מַחֲשֶׁבֶת; from חָשַׁב (H2803);
Meaning a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
In the King James Version cunning (work), curious work, device(-sed), imagination, invented, means, purpose, thought.
In 52 verses of the King James Version
51–52 of 52
- Daniel 11:25And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.
- Micah 4:12But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.