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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Thoughts

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

57exact KJV occurrences 44Old Testament 13New Testament 17books containing the word 15mapped Strong's IDs 57occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 6:5

And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

James 2:4

Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where thoughts appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 11 verses Judges 11 verses 1 Chronicles 22 verses Job 44 verses Psalms 1111 verses Proverbs 44 verses Isaiah 96 verses Jeremiah 54 verses Daniel 66 verses Micah 11 verses Matthew 33 verses Mark 11 verses Luke 55 verses Romans 11 verses 1 Corinthians 11 verses Hebrews 11 verses James 11 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH4284
מַחֲשָׁבָה

machăshâbâh · makh-ash-aw-baw'

27 times translated as this KJV form56 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

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

Strong's KJV usage: cunning (work), curious work, device(-sed), imagination, invented, means, purpose, thought.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Genesis 6:5Strong's last: Micah 4:12

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AramaicH7476
רַעְיוֹן

raʻyôwn · rah-yone'

5 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a grasp. i.e. (figuratively) mental conception

Strong's KJV usage: cogitation, thought.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Daniel 2:29Strong's last: Daniel 5:10

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GreekG1761
ἐνθύμησις

enthýmēsis · en-thoo'-may-sis

3 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences

deliberation

Strong's KJV usage: :--device, thought.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Matthew 9:4Strong's last: Hebrews 4:12

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HebrewH4209
מְזִמָּה

mᵉzimmâh · mez-im-maw'

2 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity)

Strong's KJV usage: (wicked) device, discretion, intent, witty invention, lewdness, mischievous (device), thought, wickedly.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Psalms 10:4Strong's last: Jeremiah 23:20

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HebrewH5587
סָעִף

çâʻiph · saw-eef'

2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

divided (in mind), i.e. (abstractly) a sentiment

Strong's KJV usage: opinion.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Job 4:13Strong's last: Job 20:2

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GreekG1270
διανόημα

dianóēma · dee-an-o'-ay-mah

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

something thought through, i.e. a sentiment

Strong's KJV usage: :--thought.

Strong's first: Luke 11:17Strong's last: Luke 11:17

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GreekG3053
λογισμός

logismós · log-is-mos'

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

computation, i.e. (figuratively) reasoning (conscience, conceit)

Strong's KJV usage: :--imagination, thought.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Romans 2:15Strong's last: Romans 2:15

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AramaicH2031
הַרְהֹר

harhôr · har-hor'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a mental conception

Strong's KJV usage: thought.

Strong's first: Daniel 4:5Strong's last: Daniel 4:5

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HebrewH5588
סֵעֵף

çêʻêph · say-afe'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

a

divided (in mind), i.e. (concretely) a skeptic

Strong's KJV usage: thought.

Strong's first: Psalms 119:113Strong's last: Psalms 119:113

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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57 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Isaiah 55:8
H4284

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Isaiah 55:9
H4284

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Isaiah 55:9
H4284

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Isaiah 59:7
H4284

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

Isaiah 59:7
H4284

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

Isaiah 65:2
H4284

I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;

Isaiah 66:18
H4284

For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

Jeremiah 4:14
H4284

O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

Jeremiah 6:19
H4284

Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

Jeremiah 23:20
H4209

The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.

Jeremiah 29:11
H4284

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Jeremiah 29:11
H4284

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Daniel 2:29
H7476

As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.

Daniel 2:30
H7476

But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.

Daniel 4:5
H2031

I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

Daniel 4:19
H7476

Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.

Daniel 5:6
H7476

Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

Daniel 5:10
H7476

Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:

Micah 4:12
H4284

But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.

Matthew 9:4
G1761

And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

Matthew 12:25
G1761

And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

Matthew 15:19
G1261

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

Mark 7:21
G1261

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

Luke 2:35
G1261

(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

Luke 5:22
G1261

But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

thought

THOUGHT, preterit tense and participle passive of think; pronounced thaut.

THOUGHT, adjective thaut. [primarily the passive participle of think, supra.

1. Properly, that which the mind thinks. thought is either the act or operation of the mind, when attending to a particular subject or thing or it is the idea consequent on that operation.

We say, a man's thoughts are employed on government, on religion, on trade or arts, or his thoughts are employed on his dress or his means of living. By this we mean that the mind is directed to that particular subject or object; that is, according to the literal import of the verb think, the mind, the intellectual part of man, is set upon such an object, it holds it in view or contemplation, or it extends to it, it stretches to it.

THOUGHT cannot be superadded to matter, so as in any sense to render it true that matter can become cogitative.

2. Idea; conception. I wish to convey my thoughts to another person. I employ words that express my thoughts, so that he may have the same ideas; in this case, our thoughts will be alike.

3. Fancy; conceit; something framed by the imagination.

THOUGHTs come crowding in so fast upon me, that my only difficulty is to choose or reject.

4. Reflection; particular consideration.

Why do you keep alone?

Using those thoughts which should have died

With them they think on.

5. Opinion; judgment.

Thus Bethel spoke, who always speaks his thoughts.

6. Meditation; serious consideration.

Pride, of all others the most dangerous fault,

Proceeds from want of sense or want of thought

7. Design; purpose.

All their thoughts are against me for evil. Psalms 56:5.

Jeremiah 29:11.

8. Silent contemplation.

9. Solicitude; care; concern.

Hawis was put in trouble, and died with thought and anguish before his business came to an end.

10. Inward reasoning; the workings of conscience.

Their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another. Romans 2:15.

11. A small degree or quantity; as a thought longer; a thought better. [Not in use.]

To take thought to be solicitous or anxious. Matthew 6:25.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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