Words the Bible translates as device
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- maḥashavahמַחֲשָׁבָהskilled design: an inventive work thought up and executed by a craftsman, including a clever device
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- a thought or plan: what the mind works out, whether an inner intention or a deliberate scheme
- mezimmahמְזִמָּהa deliberate, calculated design formed in the mind: a settled plan that reads as shrewd prudence, wicked scheming, or God's fixed purpose, depending on who makes it and to what end
- higgavonהִגָּיוֹןa low murmuring sound made just under the voice: strings humming, a heart musing, enemies muttering.
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