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Plan

זָמָםStrong’s H2162

zamam (za-mam)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Zamam is the Hebrew word usually translated “plot his”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.”
Psalms 140:8 KJV
Meaning
  1. Wicked device, evil plan
How it's translated
  • plot his 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Psalms 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    זָמָם zamam · plan

    wicked device, evil plan

    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

    1. 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.
    2. 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.

      1. 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.