Strong’s H908 · Hebrew
בָּדָא
bâdâʼ · baw-daw'
Origin a primitive root;
Meaning (figuratively) to invent
In the King James Version devise, feign.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- 1 Kings 12:33So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
- Nehemiah 6:8Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.