Words the Bible translates as devise
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ḥashavחָשַׁבto devise: to plan or scheme toward an end, good or harmful
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- to think something over: to consider, weigh, and form a judgment in the mind
- to reckon: to count something toward an account and treat it as having that value
- to design: to invent and work out skilled craft or artistic plans
- ya'atsיָעַץto work out a course of action by counsel: to advise, to consult together, or to settle on a plan
- ḥareshחָרֵשׁto cut into a hard surface: to engrave, to plow, or to shape raw material, and from there to work out a scheme in the mind
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- to be silent: to hold one's peace, say nothing, or be unresponsive like a deaf person
- zamamזָמַםto settle the mind on a course of action and mean to carry it out: to purpose, resolve, deliberately intend.
- badaבָּדָאto devisenot studied yet
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