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

Genesis 11:6

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.

Deuteronomy 19:19

you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you.

Psalms 17:3

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.

Psalms 37:12

The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,

Proverbs 31:16

She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard.

Lamentations 2:17

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.

Psalms 31:13

For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

Jeremiah 4:28

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.”

Jeremiah 51:12

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.

Proverbs 30:32

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).

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