מַחֲשָׁבָה machashavah

Hebrew word for “plot” · Strong’s H4284 · used 56 times in 52 verses

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Meaning

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

How it is translated

Glosses given for machashavah in context, with how often each is used:

• plans 23
• thoughts 15
• plan 5
• designs 3
• design 2
• purposes 2
• invention 1
• more than thoughts 1
• own thoughts 1
• own schemes 1
• own plans 1
• purpose 1

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 35 (3), Isaiah 55 (3), Jeremiah 18 (3), Esther 8 (2), Psalms 33 (2), Proverbs 15 (2), Jeremiah 49 (2), Lamentations 3 (2), Daniel 11 (2), Genesis 6 (1)

Forms

• מחשׁבות 22
• מחשׁבת 9
• מחשׁבתם 3
• מחשׁבתו 2
• מחשׁבותיכם 2
• מחשׁבתיך 2
• מחשׁבתיו 2
• מחשׁבה 2
• ומחשׁבותיו 2
• ומחשׁבתיך 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with machashavah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חָשַׁב chashav “to devise” 18
• עֵצָה etsah “counsel” 9
• רַע ra “bad” 13
• לֵב lev “heart” 8
• יֵצֶר yetser “intention” 3
• יָעַץ yaats “to advise” 4
• יָדַע yada “to know” 7
• אָוֶן aven “evil” 4
• לֵבָב levav “heart” 4
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 5
• עֵץ ets “tree” 4
• יְהוּדִי yehudi “Jew” 3

Key verses

The verses using machashavah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 6:5 — And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
• 1 Chronicles 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and…
• Job 5:12 — He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
• Psalms 33:10 — The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
• Psalms 40:5 — Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I…
• Proverbs 19:21 — There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
• Isaiah 55:7 — Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he…
• Isaiah 66:18 — For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
• Jeremiah 4:14 — O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
• Jeremiah 11:19 — But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with…
• Jeremiah 18:18 — Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from…
• Jeremiah 29:11 — For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

See all 52 verses in the Word Atlas

Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.