Strong’s H908 · Hebrew
בָּדָא
bâdâʼ
baw-daw'
Definition
(figuratively) to invent
Etymology
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
- devise
- feign
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.