Strong's Hebrew · H2161
זָמַם
zâmam · zaw-mam'
consider, devise, imagine, plot, purpose, think (evil).
Definition
to plan, usually in a bad sense
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 13 times in Scripture
“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.”
“you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you.”
“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.”
“The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,”
“She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard.”
“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.”
“For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.”
“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.””
“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.”
“If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).