מַחֲשָׁבָה (maḥăšābâ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning thought. It appears
56 times
in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H4284).
Also rendered
plot
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 767d)
Range of meaning (TWOT 767d)thought, device; plan, purpose; invention; contrivance, texture, machine, intention; cunning, curious work, imagination, invented, means
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
מַחֲשָׁבָהnoun, feminine: thought, device
1.thought
2.device, plan, purpose
3.invention
Strong's H4284מַחֲשָׁבָה: 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, thought.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 767: חָשַׁבḥāšab — think, account; devise, plan, mean, charge, impute, esteem, value, regard, invent, inpute, reckon; thought, be computed, be imputed to any one; think upon, consider, be mindful of, count; plait, interpenetrate, weave, fabricate…