Strong's Number H4284

מַחֲשָׁבָה
machashabah · makh-ash-aw-baw'
Transliteration:
machashabah{makh-ash-aw-baw'}or machashebeth{makh-ash-eh'-beth}
Word Origin:
from 2803
TWOT:
767d
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Strong's Definition:
a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
Usage in the KJV:
thought 28, device 12, purpose 6, work 1, imaginations 3, cunning 3, devised 1, invented 1, means 1

Total: 56
Occurs 56 times in the Hebrew text.
Definition:
  1. thought, device
    1. thought
    2. device, plan, purpose
    3. invention