Lexical Summary bada: to devise, invent Original Word: בָּדָאTransliteration: bada Phonetic Spelling: (baw-daw') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to devise, invent Meaning: to devise, invent Strong's Concordance devise, feign A primitive root; (figuratively) to invent -- devise, feign. Brown-Driver-Briggs H908. bada בָּדָא verb devise, invent (bad sense) (Mishna id., Aramaic בְּדָא, invent; compare Arabic begin, make a beginning — Qal Perfect בָּדָא 1 Kings 12:33; Participle suffix בּוֺדָאם (instead of בּוֺדְאָם) Nehemiah 6:8 — Jeroboam devised a feast in 8th month 1 Kings 12:33; invent accusation Nehemiah 6:8. |