6 occurrences

'Pretend' in the Bible

Jonadab then said to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill; when your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me some food to eat, and let her prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat from her hand.’”

Verse ConceptsLying Down To RestPretendingSick Individuals

So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there and said to her, “Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments now, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has been mourning for the dead many days;

Verse ConceptsAnointing With OilBereavement, Expression OfMourningOintmentUnhappinessAnointing OneselfPretendingDistinctive Clothing

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

Verse ConceptsForeignersPretendingObeying People

Now the Lord had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to inquire of you concerning her son, for he is sick. You shall say thus and thus to her, for it will be when she arrives that she will pretend to be another woman.”

Verse ConceptsPretendingTelling Of Movements

When Ahijah heard the sound of her feet coming in the doorway, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam, why do you pretend to be another woman? For I am sent to you with a harsh message.

Verse ConceptsSoundHearing ThingsPretendingFeet In Action

“Those who hate the Lord would pretend obedience to Him,And their time of punishment would be forever.

Verse ConceptsHatredEternal JudgementHating Godhaters

Bible Theasaurus

Affect (5 instances)
Allege (4 instances)
Dissemble (2 instances)
Excuse (22 instances)
Feign (11 instances)
Make-Believe (1 instance)
Pretend (15 instances)
Profess (16 instances)
Venture (13 instances)

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