12 occurrences

'Devised' in the Bible

And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is as one that is guilty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished one.

Verse ConceptsReinstating PeopleFound Guilty

And they said unto the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,

Verse ConceptsTrapAttempting To Kill Me

And he went up unto the altar which he had made in Beth-el on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart: and he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and went up unto the altar, to burn incense.

Verse ConceptsNew Year, TheMonth 8Building AltarsIncense Offered Amiss

And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

Verse ConceptsSalutationsJews Under Threat

And she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king's provinces:

Verse ConceptsKilling Israelites

but when the matter came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Verse ConceptsEvil DevicesPeople Hung To Death

For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, They devised to take away my life.

Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessAliancesTrapCharacter AssassinationPlottingAttempting To Kill MeFear Will Cometerrorism

But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me,'saying , Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

Verse ConceptsLambsBeing Killed Like An AnimalForgetting PeopleNames Blotted OutAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleKilled Like An Animal

The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation. Thou also, O Madmen, shalt be brought to silence: the sword shall pursue thee.

Verse ConceptsendSilenceLosing Honour

O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; remember from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteous acts of Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyGod, Righteousness OfHistoryPast, TheAnswering PeopleGod Doing RightDoing RightMan's Counsel

Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul.

Verse ConceptsThe Misery Of GreedDeath As PunishmentExterminationShame Of Bad Conduct

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Contrive (2 instances)
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Forge (3 instances)
Formulate (2 instances)
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Prepare (226 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּדא 
Bada' 
Usage: 2

דּמה 
Damah 
Usage: 30

זמם 
Zamam 
Usage: 13

חרשׁ 
Charash 
Usage: 74

חשׁב 
Chashab 
Usage: 124

יעץ 
Ya`ats 
Usage: 80

מחשׁבת מחשׁבה 
Machashabah 
Usage: 56

σοφίζω 
Sophizo 
Usage: 2

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