11 occurrences in 4 translations

'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 sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned 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 the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.

Verse ConceptsPretendingTelling Of Movements

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

And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and 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

Bible Theasaurus

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