Strong H4284מַחֲשָׁבָה

Definition

Detailed definition

In the Bible

Strong H4284 appears in 52 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

• thought23
• device12
• purpose6
• imagination3
• work3
• cunning1
• devise1
• invent1
• mean1
• think1

First verses

1. 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.
2. Exodus 31:4
   To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
3. Exodus 35:32
   And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
4. Exodus 35:33
   And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.
5. Exodus 35:35
   Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.
6. 2 Samuel 14:14
   For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
7. 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 understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
8. 1 Chronicles 29:18
   O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
9. 2 Chronicles 2:14
   The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
10. 2 Chronicles 26:15
    And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
11. Esther 8:3
    And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
12. Esther 8:5
    And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king’s provinces:
13. Esther 9:25
    But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
14. Job 5:12
    He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
15. Job 21:27
    Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
16. Psalms 33:10
    The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
17. Psalms 33:11
    The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
18. 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 would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
19. Psalms 56:5
    Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
20. Psalms 92:5
    O Lord, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.

Occurrences by book

• Genesis1
• Exodus4
• 2 Samuel1
• 1 Chronicles2
• 2 Chronicles2
• Esther3
• Job2
• Psalms6
• Proverbs8
• Isaiah6
• Jeremiah11
• Lamentations2
• Ezekiel1
• Daniel2
• Micah1

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