device

Found 10 times in the King James Bible

H4284 Hebrew
G3540 Greek

English Definition

a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)

ע Hebrew (Old Testament)

Original Script

מַחֲשָׁבָה

Transliteration

machăshâbâh

Strong's Reference H4284

Ω Greek (New Testament)

Original Script

νόημα

Transliteration

machăshâbâh

Strong's Reference G3540

"Device" translates different words in the original languages. In the Old Testament (Hebrew) it corresponds to H4284, while in the New Testament (Greek) it corresponds to G3540. Context determines which original word is being used.

Occurrences in Scripture

2 Chronicles 2:14 Old Testament

find out every device which shall be

Esther 8:3 Old Testament

Agagite, and his device that he had

Esther 9:25 Old Testament

that his wicked device, which he devised

Psalm 21:11 Old Testament

imagined a mischievous device, which they are

Psalm 140:8 Old Testament

not his wicked device; lest they exalt

Ecclesiastes 9:10 Old Testament

no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor

Jeremiah 18:11 Old Testament

and devise a device against you: return

Jeremiah 51:11 Old Testament

Medes: for his device is against Babylon,

Lamentations 3:62 Old Testament

me, and their device against me all

Acts 17:29 New Testament

and man’s device.

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