Conception, Conceive
Conception, Conceive
kon-sepshun, kon-sev (, harah, and derivatives; , sullambano): Physically, the beginning of a new life in the womb of a mother, to catch on, used Thus some forty times, as in Gen 3:16; Gen 4:1; Psa 51:5. Metaphorically, applied to the start and growth within the heart, of thought, purpose, desire, e.g. conceive mischief (Job 15:35; Psa 7:14), conceive chaff (Isa 33:11). This figure is carried out in details in Jam 1:15 : Lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin.