To devise
בָּדָאStrong’s H0908bada (ba-da)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Bada is the Hebrew word usually translated “had devised” and “inventing them”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel 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.”
Meaning
- To devise, contrive, invent (bad sense)(Qal)
How it's translated
- he had devised 1
- inventing them 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 1
- Nehemiah 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
בָּדָא bada · to devise
1) to devise, contrive, invent (bad sense) 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to devise 1a2) to contrive
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “devise” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DEVISE, verb transitive
s as z. [Latin]
- 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“DEVISE not evil against thy neighbor” Proverbs 3:29
- To give or bequeath by will, as land or other real estate.
All definitions and other forms of “devise”
DEVISE, verb intransitive
To consider; to contrive; to lay a plan; to form a scheme.
DEVISE, noun
- Primarily, a dividing or division; hence, the act of bequeathing by will; the act of giving or distributing real estate by a testator.
- A will or testament.
- A share of estate bequeathed.
DEVISE, noun
Contrivance; scheme invented.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.