Bible Dictionary
THOUGHT
Thought refers to an inward purpose, plan, device, or process of reasoning. Scripture contrasts human thoughts with God’s higher thoughts and also uses the term for inner deliberations that may reveal the heart.
Definition
Thought may mean an inward device, purpose, or firmly fixed plan. In other contexts it describes the inner reasoning or deliberation by which a person considers something within himself.
Biblical Usage
Scripture contrasts God’s thoughts with human thoughts, emphasizing the superiority of God’s ways and purposes. In the New Testament, thoughts may refer to inward reasonings or deliberations that arise within a person.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>thot: The most frequent word in the Old Testament (machashebheth, from the verb chashabh, "to think") refers to a "device," or a purpose firmly fixed, as in the passage in Isa (55:7-9) where the "thought" of God and of man are contrasted (compare Ps 40:5; 92:5; Jer 29:11). In the New Testament dialogismos (Mt 15:19; 1Co 3:20), refers to the inner reasoning or deliberation of one with himself.</p><p>See THINK.</p>