TBESH · H2161
זָמַם · za.mam · 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)
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za.mam H2161
זָמַם (za.mam) means “to plan” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
זָמַם Hebrew · H2161 13 tagged occurrences in 13 verses
Pronunciation guide: zaw-mam' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
a primitive root; to plan, usually in a bad sense
KJV glosses: consider, devise, imagine, plot, purpose, think (evil).
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How translators render H2161
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| i have resolved | 2 |
| and plot | 1 |
| devised | 1 |
| he intended | 1 |
| he planned | 1 |
| i have planned | 1 |
| i resolved | 1 |
| purposed | 1 |
| scheme | 1 |
| she appraises | 1 |
| they devise | 1 |
| you have plotted evil | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| against me they devised | 1 |
| as i thought | 1 |
| from them which they have imagined | 1 |
| hath both devised | 1 |
| have i thought | 1 |
| i have purposed | 1 |
| nothing i am purposed | 1 |
| plotteth | 1 |
| she considereth | 1 |
| thought | 1 |
| thyself or if thou hast thought evil | 1 |
| unto him as he had thought | 1 |
| which he had devised | 1 |
Verses containing H2161
Page 1 of 1. 13 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 11:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 19:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you.
Read word by word - Psalms 17:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
Read word by word - Psalms 31:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 31.14
- Psalms 37:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
Read word by word - Proverbs 30:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.
Read word by word - Proverbs 31:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 4:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 51:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.
Read word by word - Lamentations 2:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes.
Read word by word - Zechariah 1:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”
Read word by word - Zechariah 8:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Just as I resolved to bring disaster upon you when your fathers provoked Me to anger, and I did not relent,” says the LORD of Hosts,
Read word by word - Zechariah 8:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“so now I have resolved to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid.
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