Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H4284
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- machashabah
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H4284
- Brief meaning
- From H2803, a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention
- Source renderings
- cunning (work), curious work, device(-sed), imagination, invented, means, purpose, thought
- Root word
- makh-ash-aw-baw' or machashebeth {makh-ash-eh'-beth}
- Full definition from the source
- From H2803; a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice). Root word: makh-ash-aw-baw' or machashebeth {makh-ash-eh'-beth}.
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H2803
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
04284\ 4284 machashabah makh-ash-aw-baw' or machashebeth {makh-ash-eh'-beth}; from 2803; 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. see HEBREW for 02803