Strong H4209מְזִמָּה

plot

Transliteration: mezimmâh
Pronunciation: mez-im-maw'
Morphology: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From H2161; a {plan} usually evil ({machination }) sometimes good (sagacity): - (wicked) {device} {discretion} {intent} witty {invention} {lewdness} mischievous ({device}) {thought} wickedly.

Detailed definition

1) purpose, discretion, device, plot
1a) purpose
1b) discretion
1c) devices (evil)

In the Bible

Strong H4209 appears in 19 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

device6
discretion4
thought2
intent1
invention1
lewdness1
mischievous1
thee1
think1
wicked1

First verses

Job 21:27
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
Job 42:2
I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
Psalms 10:2
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Psalms 10:4
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
Psalms 21:11
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
Psalms 37:7
Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Psalms 139:20
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
Proverbs 1:4
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
Proverbs 2:11
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
Proverbs 3:21
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
Proverbs 5:2
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
Proverbs 8:12
I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
Proverbs 12:2
A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Proverbs 14:17
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
Proverbs 24:8
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
Jeremiah 11:15
What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.
Jeremiah 23:20
The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
Jeremiah 30:24
The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.
Jeremiah 51:11
Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.