9 occurrences

'Feign' in the Bible

and they work, even they, with subtilty, and go, and feign to be ambassadors, and take old sacks for their asses, and wine-bottles, old, and rent, and bound up,

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitBottle, UsesenvoyCraftinessWineskins And Vatsimprovement

And Jonadab saith to him, 'Lie down on thy couch, and feign thyself sick, and thy father hath come in to see thee, and thou hast said unto him, 'Let, I pray thee, Tamar my sister come in and give me bread to eat; and she hath made the food before mine eyes so that I see it, and have eaten from her hand.'

Verse ConceptsLying Down To RestPretendingSick Individuals

and Joab sendeth to Tekoah, and taketh thence a wise woman, and saith unto her, 'Feign thyself a mourner, I pray thee, and put on, I pray thee, garments of mourning, and anoint not thyself with oil, and thou hast been as a woman these many days mourning for the dead,

Verse ConceptsAnointing With OilBereavement, Expression OfMourningOintmentUnhappinessAnointing OneselfPretendingDistinctive Clothing

Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me, At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me.

Verse ConceptsForeignersPretendingObeying People

and it cometh to pass, at the passing by of the noon, that they feign themselves prophets till the going up of the present, and there is no voice, and there is none answering, and there is none attending.

Verse ConceptsFutilityFalse ReligionAction Until EveningOthers Not AnsweringTime Passing

At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,

Verse ConceptsForeignersObedience To GodPretendingObeying People

Say to God, 'How fearful are Thy works, By the abundance of Thy strength, Thine enemies feign obedience to Thee.

Verse ConceptsAmazingGod, Works OfWhat God Does

Those hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him, But their time is -- to the age.

Verse ConceptsHatredEternal JudgementHating Godhaters

Bible Theasaurus

Affect (5 instances)
Assume (14 instances)
Dissemble (2 instances)
Feign (11 instances)
Pretend (15 instances)