H2161 זמם - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon Number

זמם
zâmam
zaw-mam'
A primitive root; to plan, usually in a bad sense

KJV Usage: consider, devise, imagine, plot, purpose, think (evil).

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions

BDB2379

זמם

1. to have a thought, devise, plan, consider, purpose
a. (Qal)
1. to consider, fix thought upon
2. to purpose, devise
3. to plot (of evil intent)
Origin: a primitive root
TWOT: 556
Parts of Speech: Verb

TBESH:

זָמַם: za.mam; H:V; to plan; 1) to have a thought, devise, plan, consider, purpose
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to consider, fix thought upon
1a2) to purpose, devise
1a3) to plot (of evil intent)

View how H2161 זמם is used in the Bible

13 occurrences of H2161 זמם

Genesis 11:6	from them, which they have imagined
Deuteronomy 19:19	to him, as he had thought
Psalms 17:3	nothing; I have purposed
Psalms 31:13	against me, they devised
Psalms 37:12	plotteth
Proverbs 30:32	thyself, or if thou hast thought evil,
Proverbs 31:16	She considereth
Jeremiah 4:28	it, I have purposed
Jeremiah 51:12	hath both devised
Lamentations 2:17	that which he had devised;
Zechariah 1:6	thought
Zechariah 8:14	I planned
Zechariah 8:15	have I thought

Distinct usage

1	from them, which they have imagined
1	to him, as he had thought
1	against me, they devised
1	plotteth
1	hath both devised
1	thought
1	have I thought
1	it, I have purposed
1	She considereth
1	I planned
1	that which he had devised;
1	thyself, or if thou hast thought evil,
1	nothing; I have purposed

Corresponding Greek Words

zamam G1011 bouleuo
zamam G1614 ek teino
zamam G1760 enthumeomai
zamam G2007 epi tithemi
zamam G2334 theoreo
zamam G3906 para tereo
zaman pu. G5550 chronos
zemam G1260 dia logizomai *

Related words

H2161

H2154 זמּה זמּה zimmâh zammâh

זמּה זמּה
zimmâh zammâh
zim-maw', zam-maw'
From H2161; a plan, especially a bad one

KJV Usage: heinous crime, lewd (-ly, -ness), mischief, purpose, thought, wicked (device, mind, -ness).

H2157 זמזם zamzôm

זמזם
zamzôm
zam-zome'
From H2161; intriguing; a Zamzumite, or native tribe of Palestine

KJV Usage: Zamzummim.

H2162 זמם zâmâm

זמם
zâmâm
zaw-mawm'
From H2161; a plot

KJV Usage: wicked device.

H4209 מזמּה m^e zimmâh

מזמּה
m^e zimmâh
mez-im-maw'
From H2161; a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity)

KJV Usage: (wicked) device, discretion, intent, witty invention, lewdness, mischievous (device), thought, wickedly.