Strong's Definition
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)
KJV Usage: cunning (work), curious work, device(-sed), imagination, invented, means, purpose, thought
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מַחֲשָׁבָה (ma.cha.sha.vah) — plot. 1) thought, device 1a) thought 1b) device, plan, purpose 1c) invention
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · חשׁב
Think | ≈ מְזִמָּה · עֵצָה · תַּחְבּוּלֹות
plan, plot, scheme = procedure for achieving a certain purpose, originating from someone's לֵב mind
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מַחֲשָׁבָה n.f. thought, device thought
device, plan, purpose
invention
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