To plan
זָמַםStrong’s H2161zamam (za-mam)
Appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Zamam is the Hebrew word usually translated “planned”, “have resolved” and “plan”. It appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament.
“But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.”
Meaning
- To have a thought, devise, plan, consider, purpose(Qal)
How it's translated
- he planned 2
- i have resolved 2
- they will plan 1
- they plotted 1
- plotting 1
- you have plotted 1
- she considers 1
- he has purposed 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 3
- Zechariah 3
- Proverbs 2
- Jeremiah 2
- Genesis 1
- Deuteronomy 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 8:14In contextFor thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not:
- Zechariah 8:15In contextSo again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.
- Genesis 11:6And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
- Deuteronomy 19:19Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
- Psalms 17:3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
- Psalms 31:13For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
Hebrew dictionary
זָמַם zamam · to plan
1) to have a thought, devise, plan, consider, purpose 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to consider, fix thought upon 1a2) to purpose, devise 1a3) to plot (of evil intent)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “plan” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PLAN,noun
- A draught or form; properly, the representation of any thing drawn on a plane, as a map or chart, which is a representation of some portion of land or water.
- A scheme devised; a project; the form of something to be done existing in the mind, with the several parts adjusted in idea, expressed in words or committed to writing; as the plan of a constitution of government; the plan of a treaty; the plan of an expedition.
All definitions and other forms of “plan”
PLAN, verb transitive
To form a draught or representation of any intended work.
- To scheme; to devise; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country; to plan a reduction of taxes or of the national debt.
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.