{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4284",
  "lemma": "מַחֲשָׁבָה",
  "transliteration": "machăshâbâh",
  "definition": "a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)",
  "kjv": "cunning (work), curious work, device(-sed), imagination, invented, means, purpose…",
  "occurrences": 56,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H2803",
      "lemma": "חָשַׁב",
      "transliteration": "châshab",
      "meaning": "to plait or interpenetrate",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H2803"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מַחֲשָׁבָה n.f. thought, device",
    "1. thought",
    "2. device, plan, purpose",
    "3. invention"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 6:5",
      "text": "The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/6?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 31:4",
      "text": "to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/31?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 35:32",
      "text": "and to make skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, in bronze,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/35?v=32"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 35:33",
      "text": "in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of skillful workmanship.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/35?v=33"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 35:35",
      "text": "He has filled them with wisdom of heart to work all kinds of workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/35?v=35"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 14:14",
      "text": "For we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground, which can’t be gathered up again; neither does God take away…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/14?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 55:7",
      "text": "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, and he will have…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/55?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 55:8",
      "text": "“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” says the LORD.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/55?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 55:9",
      "text": "“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/55?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 59:7",
      "text": "Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. Desolation and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/59?v=7"
    }
  ],
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