Lexicon / H4284
מַחֲשָׁבָה
ma.cha.sha.vah
  • plot
  • thought
  • device

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: plot

1) thought, device

1a) thought

1b) device, plan, purpose

1c) invention

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: thought; device

Root √חשׁב: חָשַׁב vb think account Qal think account , devise plan mean . charge impute , esteem value regard . invent ingenious and artistic things of man: think devise plan mean . inpute reckon , esteem value regard . invent ingenious and artistic things of God: Niph be accounted thought esteemed . be computed reckoned , be imputed to any one . Pi think upon consider be mindful of . think devise plan to do. count reckon . the years since a sale of land . Hithp among the nations it shall not reckon itself .

מַחֲשָׁבָה n.f thought device thought device plan purpose . invention .