Psalms 36:4
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
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Deviseth
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Isaiah 32:8
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
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חָשַׁב
châshab · khaw-shab'
4 times translated as this KJV form124 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
Strong's KJV usage: (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.
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Strong's first: Psalms 36:4Strong's last: Proverbs 24:8
Open full H2803 profile →חָרַשׁ
chârash · khaw-rash'
2 times translated as this KJV form74 total Strong's occurrences
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
Strong's KJV usage: × altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.
Strong's first: Proverbs 6:14Strong's last: Proverbs 6:18
Open full H2790 profile →יָעַץ
yâʻats · yaw-ats'
2 times translated as this KJV form79 total Strong's occurrences
to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve
Strong's KJV usage: advertise, take advise, advise (well), consult, (give, take) counsel(-lor), determine, devise, guide, purpose.
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Strong's first: Isaiah 32:7Strong's last: Isaiah 32:8
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He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
H2803
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.
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devise
DEVISE, verb transitive s as z. [Latin]
1. To invent; to contrive; to form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to excogitate; to strike out by thought; to plan; to scheme; to project; as, to devise an engine or machine; to devise a new mode of writing; to devise a plan of defense; to devise arguments.
To devise curious works in gold and silver. Exodus 35:32.
In a bad sense:
DEVISE not evil against thy neighbor. Proverbs 3:29.
2. To give or bequeath by will, as land or other real estate.
DEVISE, verb intransitive To consider; to contrive; to lay a plan; to form a scheme.
DEVISE how you will use him, when he comes.
Formerly followed by of; as, let us devise of ease.
DEVISE, noun
1. Primarily, a dividing or division; hence, the act of bequeathing by will; the act of giving or distributing real estate by a testator.
2. A will or testament.
3. A share of estate bequeathed.
DEVISE, noun Contrivance; scheme invented.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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