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HebrewH0908Verb

בָּדָא

ba.da

2Occurrences
H0908Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

(figuratively) to invent

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. to devise, contrive, invent (bad sense) 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to devise 1a2) to contrive

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

בָּדָא appears 2 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Kings
1
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 12:33BSB

On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel. So he ordained a feast for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.

Nehemiah 6:8BSB

Then I sent him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.