H908: בָּדָא
bâdâʼ · pronounced baw-daw' · “to devise”
Definition
(figuratively) to invent
KJV translates it as: devise, feign.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1) to devise, contrive, invent (bad sense)
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to devise
1a2) to contrive
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to devise
1a2) to contrive
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H908 is translated
- he had devised ×1
- them ×1
Bible verses with H908 (bâdâʼ)
Bâdâʼ appears in 2 verses.
- 1 Kings 12:33
So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth–el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
- Nehemiah 6:8
Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.