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H908 בָּדָא (bâdâʼ) baw-daw'

Hebrew
Verb (Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

to devise

Strong's Definition

(figuratively) to invent

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: devise, feign.

TWOT Reference: 200

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to devise, contrive, invent (bad sense)
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to devise
1a2) to contrive

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

בָּדָא (ba.da) — to devise. 1) to devise, contrive, invent (bad sense) 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to devise 1a2) to contrive

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · בַּד

Think | verb qal

Collocation: בדא מִלֵּב

to choose, to devise, to invent, to make up literally: to devise from (one's own) heart; hence: = to make a decision based on one's own thinking only, and without being informed by a reality outside of oneself

1KI 12:33 · NEH 6:8

Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בָּדָא vb. devise, invent base

Bible Occurrences (2)

6:8

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