זָמָם
zâmâm · H2162 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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Plan or strategy that someone has thought out to accomplish a certain goal ((evil) plan)
ExamplesPsalm 140:8 “Do not grant, LORD, the desires of the wicked; Do not bring about his evil planning, so that they are not exalted. Selah
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הוּhis 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- פּוּקto totter 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Contrasting words 2 words
- צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh · H6666 · righteousness, justice, deliverance
- Righteousness stands as the moral opposite to wicked device; where זָמָם denotes morally evil schemes, צְדָקָה represents moral uprightness and just action.
- תֹּם tôm · H8537 · integrity, blamelessness, in full measure
- Integrity and moral innocence represent the opposite of wicked scheming; where זָמָם implies devious evil planning, תֹּם denotes straightforward moral uprightness.
In the other Testament 2 words
- πονηρία ponēría · G4189 · wickedness, wicked deeds, doing evil things
- Greek noun denoting wickedness and evil intent, corresponding to the Hebrew זָמָם as a wicked device or evil scheme. Both terms capture the moral character of malicious planning.
- ἐπιβουλή epiboulḗ · G1917 · plot, plan, scheme
- Greek noun specifically denoting a plot or scheme, matching the 'device' aspect of זָמָם. This is a more precise semantic equivalent for the notion of a contrived wicked plan.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Think002004002013
- זָמָם denotes a wicked device, the scheme conceived in the mind of one who plots harm.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2162. zamam [זָמָם] noun [masculine] plan, device (bad sense), only זְמָמוֺ Psa 140:9…
[זָמָם] noun [masculine] plan, device (bad sense), only זְמָמוֺ Psa 140:9 (|| רָשָׁע מַאֲוַיֵּי).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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