Strong's Concordance H4284

Original Word: מַחֲשָׁבָה
Transliteration: machăshâbâh
Phonetic Spelling: makh-ash-aw-baw'
or מַחֲשֶׁבֶת; from H2803; a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice); cunning (work), curious work, device(-sed), imagination, invented, means, purpose, thought.

Usages throughout the bible

Genesis 6:5 - And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts H4284 of his heart was only evil continually.

Exodus 31:4 - To devise cunning works, H4284 to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

Exodus 35:32 - And to devise curious works, H4284 to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

Exodus 35:33 - And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning H4284 work.

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. H4284

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, H4284 that his banished be not expelled from him.

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: H4284 if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

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 H4284 of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:

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 H4284 which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.

2 Chronicles 26:15 - And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented H4284 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.

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 H4284 that he had devised against the Jews.

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 H4284 by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:

Esther 9:25 - But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, H4284 which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Job 5:12 - He disappointeth the devices H4284 of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

Job 21:27 - Behold, I know your thoughts, H4284 and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

Psalms 33:10 - The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices H4284 of the people of none effect.

Psalms 33:11 - The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts H4284 of his heart to all generations.

Psalms 40:5 - Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts H4284 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.

Psalms 56:5 - Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts H4284 are against me for evil.

Psalms 92:5 - O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts H4284 are very deep.

Psalms 94:11 - The LORD knoweth the thoughts H4284 of man, that they are vanity.

Proverbs 6:18 - An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, H4284 feet that be swift in running to mischief,

Proverbs 12:5 - The thoughts H4284 of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

Proverbs 15:22 - Without counsel purposes H4284 are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

Proverbs 15:26 - The thoughts H4284 of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

Proverbs 16:3 - Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts H4284 shall be established.

Proverbs 19:21 - There are many devices H4284 in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

Proverbs 20:18 - Every purpose H4284 is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

Proverbs 21:5 - The thoughts H4284 of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

Isaiah 55:7 - Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: H4284 and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Isaiah 55:8 - For my thoughts H4284 are not your thoughts, H4284 neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Isaiah 55:9 - For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts H4284 than your thoughts. H4284

Isaiah 59:7 - Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts H4284 are thoughts H4284 of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

Isaiah 65:2 - I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts; H4284

Isaiah 66:18 - For I know their works and their thoughts: H4284 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 H4284 lodge within thee?

Jeremiah 6:19 - Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, H4284 because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

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 H4284 against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

Jeremiah 18:11 - Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device H4284 against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.

Jeremiah 18:12 - And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, H4284 and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.

Jeremiah 18:18 - Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices H4284 against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Jeremiah 29:11 - For I know the thoughts H4284 that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts H4284 of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Jeremiah 49:20 - Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, H4284 that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.

Jeremiah 49:30 - Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose H4284 against you.

Jeremiah 50:45 - Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, H4284 that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.

Jeremiah 51:29 - And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose H4284 of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.

Lamentations 3:60 - Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations H4284 against me.

Lamentations 3:61 - Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations H4284 against me;

Ezekiel 38:10 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: H4284

Daniel 11:24 - He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices H4284 against the strong holds, even for a time.