Hebrew noun (feminine) · H4209
מְזִמָּה
mezimmahmez-im-maw'
plot
19 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mᵉzimmâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4209is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 15spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4209
a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity)
The King James renders it: (wicked) device, discretion, intent, witty invention, lewdness, mischievous (device), thought, wickedly.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
mezimmah is rendered "plot". It stands 19 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Job 21:27Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
- The Greek text spells it fifteen different ways.
The first use
Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
Job 21:27וּ֝מְזִמּ֗וֹת
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- discretion3
- and discretion2
- evil devices2
- plots2
- purposes of2
- a purpose1
- a scheme1
- and schemes1
- by schemes1
- purpose his1
- the plan towards1
- thoughts his1
and 1 more, 19 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 19, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
15 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- מְזִמּ֣וֹת4
- וּמְזִמָּֽה׃2
- בִּמְזִמּ֖וֹת1
- הַֽמְזִמָּ֙תָה֙1
- וּ֝מְזִמּ֗וֹת1
- לִמְזִמָּ֑ה1
- מְ֝זִמָּ֗ה1
- מְ֭זִמָּה1
- מְזִמָּֽה׃1
- מְזִמּ֑וֹת1
- מְ֝זִמּ֗וֹת1
- מְזִמּ֥וֹת1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine plural6HNcfpa
- noun · feminine singular3HNcfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular2HC/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HNcfpc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural1HC/Ncfpa
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcfpc/Sp3ms
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcfsc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · feminine plural1HR/Ncfpa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1HR/Ncfsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)1HTd/Ncfsa/Sd
Job
two uses
Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
- וּ֝מְזִמּ֗וֹתumezimotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and schemes
“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.
- מְזִמָּֽה׃mezimahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a purpose
Psalms
five uses
In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
- בִּמְזִמּ֖וֹתbimzimotpreposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: by schemes
In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
- מְזִמּוֹתָֽיו׃mezimotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: thoughts his
Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
- מְ֝זִמָּ֗הmezimahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a scheme
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
- מְזִמּֽוֹת׃mezimotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: plots
who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
- לִמְזִמָּ֑הlimzimahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: to wickedness
Proverbs
eight uses
To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,
- וּמְזִמָּֽה׃umezimahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and discretion
Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
- מְ֭זִמָּהmezimahnoun · feminine singulartagged: discretion
My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.
- וּמְזִמָּֽה׃umezimahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and discretion
that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
- מְזִמּ֑וֹתmezimotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: discretion
I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.
- מְזִמּ֣וֹתmezimotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: discretion
The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
- מְזִמּ֣וֹתmezimotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: evil devices
A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
- מְ֝זִמּ֗וֹתmezimotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: evil devices
He who plots evil will be called a schemer.
- מְזִמּ֥וֹתmezimotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: plots
Jeremiah
four uses
What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom, so that you can rejoice?
- הַֽמְזִמָּ֙תָה֙hamzimatahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the plan towards
The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.
- מְזִמּ֣וֹתmezimotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: purposes of
The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this.
- מְזִמּ֣וֹתmezimotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: purposes of
Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple.
- מְזִמָּת֖וֹmezimatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: purpose his
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.