Mezimmah מְזִמָּה

Mezimmah (Hebrew מְזִמָּה, Strong's H4209) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “plot”. It occurs 19 times in 19 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Mezimmah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Job

• Job 21:27
  Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
• Job 42:2
  I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.

Psalms

• Psalm 10:2
  The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
• Psalm 10:4
  The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
• Psalm 21:11
  For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
• Psalm 37:7
  Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
• Psalm 139:20
  For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 1:4
  To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,
• Proverbs 2:11
  Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
• Proverbs 3:21
  My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.
• Proverbs 5:2
  That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
• Proverbs 8:12
  I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.
• Proverbs 12:2
  A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
• Proverbs 14:17
  He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
• Proverbs 24:8
  He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.He who plots evil will be called a schemer.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 11:15
  What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom, so that you can rejoice?
• Jeremiah 23:20
  The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.
• Jeremiah 30:24
  The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this.
• Jeremiah 51:11
  Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD— vengeance for His temple.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).