Words the Bible translates as purpose
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 12 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- boulēβουλήa settled purpose reached by deliberation: a considered plan, counsel, or decision, whether God's or a person's
- ya'atsיָעַץto work out a course of action by counsel: to advise, to consult together, or to settle on a plan
- maḥashavahמַחֲשָׁבָהa thought or plan: what the mind works out, whether an inner intention or a deliberate scheme
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- skilled design: an inventive work thought up and executed by a craftsman, including a clever device
- gnōmēγνώμηa made-up mind: the settled judgment someone has reached about a matter, and so what they advise, resolve, or agree to
- ḥephetsחֵפֶץpurpose: a settled intention that one carries out, especially God's sovereign will
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- delight: the glad pleasure a person takes in someone or something
- desire: what a person wants, wishes for, or values
- matter: an affair, business, or thing one is occupied with
- prothesisπρόθεσιςGod's purpose: his settled, prior plan to save, set in place before time and carried out in Christ
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- the bread of the Presence: the loaves set out before God on the table in the tabernacle and temple
- 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
- ennoiaἔννοιαthought/purposenot studied yet
- zamamזָמַםto settle the mind on a course of action and mean to carry it out: to purpose, resolve, deliberately intend.
- yetserיֵצֶרsomething formed: a shaped object, or the human creature God shaped from dust
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- the bent of the heart: what a person forms inside, their settled disposition, plans, or intentions
- ma'anehמַעֲנֶהan answer: the reply that comes back when someone speaks, asks, or accuses
- phronēmaφρόνημαpurposenot studied yet
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