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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_110260" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_110260" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive; to excogitate; to invent; to plan; to scheme; as, to devise an engine, a new mode of writing, a plan of defense, or an argument. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; - sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To say; to relate; to describe. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' n.) Device. See Device. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' n.) [[Property]] devised, or given by will. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' n.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive; to excogitate; to invent; to plan; to scheme; as, to devise an engine, a new mode of writing, a plan of defense, or an argument. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; - sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To say; to relate; to describe. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' n.) Device. See Device. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' n.) [[Property]] devised, or given by will. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' n.) A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real property. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To imagine; to guess. </p> <p> '''(9):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider. </p> <p> '''(10):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To give by will; - used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels. </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59499" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59499" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> DEVISE, s as z. L. </p> 1. To invent to contrive to form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts to excogitate to strike out by thought to plan to scheme to project as, to devise an engine or machine to devise a new mode of writing to devise a plan of defense to devise arguments. <p> To devise curious works in gold and silver. Exodus 35 . </p> <p> In a bad sense: </p> <p> [[Devise]] not evil against thy neighbor. Proverbs 3 . </p> 2. To give or bequeath by will, as land or other real estate. <p> DEVISE, To consider to contrive to lay a plan to form a scheme. </p> <p> Devise how you will use him, when he comes. </p> <p> Formerly followed by of as, let us devise of ease. </p> <p> DEVISE, n. </p> 1. Primarily, a dividing or division hence, the act of bequeathing by will the act of giving or distributing real estate by a testator. 2. A will or testament. 3. A share of estate bequeathed. <p> DEVISE, n. Contrivance scheme invented. </p> | ||
== Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words <ref name="term_76282" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words <ref name="term_76282" /> == | ||
<p> <em> Châshab </em> (חָשַׁב, Strong'S #2803), “to think, account, reckon, devise, plan.” This word is found throughout the historical development of [[Hebrew]] and Aramaic. Found at least 120 times in the Hebrew Bible, <em> châshab </em> occurs in the text for the first time in Gen. 15:6, where it was said of Abraham: “He believed the Lord; and he reckoned it to him as righteousness” | <p> <em> Châshab </em> ( '''''חָשַׁב''''' , Strong'S #2803), “to think, account, reckon, devise, plan.” This word is found throughout the historical development of [[Hebrew]] and Aramaic. Found at least 120 times in the Hebrew Bible, <em> châshab </em> occurs in the text for the first time in Gen. 15:6, where it was said of Abraham: “He believed the Lord; and he reckoned it to him as righteousness” (RSV). Here the term has the meaning of “to be imputed.” </p> <p> Frequently used in the ordinary sense of “thinking,” or the normal thought processes (Isa. 10:7; 53:4; Mal. 3:16), <em> châshab </em> also is used in the sense of “devising evil plans” (Gen. 50:20; Jer. 48:2). The word refers to craftsmen “inventing” instruments of music, artistic objects, and weapons of war (Exod. 31:4; 2 Chron. 26:15; Amos 6:5). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 12:40, 14 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. t.) To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive; to excogitate; to invent; to plan; to scheme; as, to devise an engine, a new mode of writing, a plan of defense, or an argument.
(2): ( n.) The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; - sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.
(3): ( v. t.) To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain.
(4): ( v. t.) To say; to relate; to describe.
(5): ( n.) Device. See Device.
(6): ( n.) Property devised, or given by will.
(7): ( n.) A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real property.
(8): ( v. t.) To imagine; to guess.
(9): ( v. i.) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
(10): ( v. t.) To give by will; - used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels.
King James Dictionary [2]
DEVISE, s as z. L.
1. To invent to contrive to form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts to excogitate to strike out by thought to plan to scheme to project as, to devise an engine or machine to devise a new mode of writing to devise a plan of defense to devise arguments.
To devise curious works in gold and silver. Exodus 35 .
In a bad sense:
Devise not evil against thy neighbor. Proverbs 3 .
2. To give or bequeath by will, as land or other real estate.
DEVISE, To consider to contrive to lay a plan to form a scheme.
Devise how you will use him, when he comes.
Formerly followed by of as, let us devise of ease.
DEVISE, n.
1. Primarily, a dividing or division hence, the act of bequeathing by will the act of giving or distributing real estate by a testator. 2. A will or testament. 3. A share of estate bequeathed.
DEVISE, n. Contrivance scheme invented.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words [3]
Châshab ( חָשַׁב , Strong'S #2803), “to think, account, reckon, devise, plan.” This word is found throughout the historical development of Hebrew and Aramaic. Found at least 120 times in the Hebrew Bible, châshab occurs in the text for the first time in Gen. 15:6, where it was said of Abraham: “He believed the Lord; and he reckoned it to him as righteousness” (RSV). Here the term has the meaning of “to be imputed.”
Frequently used in the ordinary sense of “thinking,” or the normal thought processes (Isa. 10:7; 53:4; Mal. 3:16), châshab also is used in the sense of “devising evil plans” (Gen. 50:20; Jer. 48:2). The word refers to craftsmen “inventing” instruments of music, artistic objects, and weapons of war (Exod. 31:4; 2 Chron. 26:15; Amos 6:5).
