13 occurrences in 7 translations

'Feigned' in the Bible

“Happy and blessed are you, O Israel;Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord,The Shield of your help,And the Sword of your majesty!Your enemies will cringe before you,And you will tread on their high places [tramping down their idolatrous altars].”

Verse ConceptsHelpfulnessHigh PlacesRefugeShieldsSpiritual Warfare, ArmourSwordsGod Being Our ShieldUnique IsraelGod HelpsGod's SwordExcellence

And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesBeardsSalivaPretendingWriting On Objects

So Amnon lay down and feigned himself sick; and the king came to see him, and Amnon said to the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitCakesPretendingSick Individuals

“Foreigners pretend obedience to me;As soon as they hear [me], they obey me.

Verse ConceptsForeignersPretendingObeying People

If one doth destroy him from his place, Then it hath feigned concerning him, I have not seen thee!

Verse ConceptsNot Knowing People

{A Prayer of David.} Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

Verse ConceptsThe Lips Of The RighteousLipsRighteousness, Of BelieversPrayer, Offered WithAvoiding DeceitHear Prayer!Pay Attention O God!

As soon as they hear me, they respond and obey me;Foreigners feign obedience to me.

Verse ConceptsForeignersObedience To GodPretendingObeying People

A Psalm of David when he feigned madness before Abimelech, who drove him away and he departed.I will bless the Lord at all times;His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Verse ConceptsLipsMadnessPretenceSpeech, Positive Aspects OfUnceasingAlways PraisingPraising GodBlessed Be God!Praising God With Your MouthbehaviorPraising God With Your Lips

Say to God, “How awesome are Your works!Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will give feigned obedience to You.

Verse ConceptsAmazingGod, Works OfWhat God Does

Yet in spite of all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to Me with her whole heart, but rather in [blatant] deception [she merely pretended obedience to King Josiah’s reforms],” declares the Lord.

Verse ConceptsNot Whole HeartedPretenceRepentance, Nature OfHalf HeartednessNot Returning To GodRelated Nations

And they watched him, and sent forth spies, who feigned themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his speech, so as to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor.

Verse ConceptsGovernorsHope, Nature OfPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristHuman Authority, Nature OfSnares Laid For ChristWatching To EntrapHanding Over ChristSpyingPretendingBeware Of Your Speech

But their report seemed to them like idle talk and nonsense, and they would not believe them.

Verse ConceptsUnbelief, And Life Of FaithUnbelief, Examples OfSkepticismDoubting The ResurrectionLack Of Meaning

Bible Theasaurus

Affect (5 instances)
Assume (14 instances)
Dissemble (2 instances)
Feign (11 instances)
Feigned (13 instances)
Pretend (15 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

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

מרמה 
Mirmah 
Usage: 39

נכר 
Nakar 
Usage: 49

πλαστός 
Plastos 
Usage: 1

ὑποκρίνομαι 
Hupokrinomai 
Usage: 1

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