Strong’s H2161 · Hebrew

זָמַם
zâmam
zaw-mam'

Definition

to plan, usually in a bad sense

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • consider
  • devise
  • imagine
  • plot
  • purpose
  • think (evil)

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.