de-vs: A scheme, invention, plot. In the Old Testament it stands for six Hebrew words, of which the most common is mahashebheth (from hashabh, to think, contrive). In the New Testament it occurs only twice, once for Greek enthumesis (Act 17:29), and once for noema (2Co 2:11). Sometimes the word means simply that which is planned or invented, without any evil implication, as in 2Ch 2:14; Act 17:29 (of artistic work or invention), and Ecc 9:10 (in the general sense of reasoning or contriving). But more frequently it is used in an evil sense, of a wicked purpose or plot, Let us devise devices against Jeremiah (Jer 18:18); For we are not ignorant of his (i.e. Satan’s) devices (2Co 2:11), etc.<\/p>\n
“a cogitation, an inward reasoning” (generally, evil surmising or supposition), is formed from en, “in,” and thumos, “strong feeling, passion” (cp. thumoo, in the Middle Voice, “to be wroth, furious”); Eng., “fume” is akin; the root, thu—, signifies “to rush, rage.” The word is translated “device” in Act 17:29<\/span>, of man’s production of images; elsewhere, “thoughts,” Mat 9:4<\/span>; Mat 12:25<\/span>; Heb 4:12<\/span>, where the accompanying word ennoia denotes inward intentions, See THOUGHT. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n denotes “thought, that which is thought out” (cp. noeo, “to understand”); hence, “a purpose, device;” translated “devices” in 2Co 2:11<\/span>; “minds” in 2Co 3:14<\/span>; 2Co 4:4<\/span>; 2Co 11:3<\/span>; in 2Co 10:5<\/span>, “thought;” in Phi 4:7<\/span>, AV, “minds,” RV, “thoughts” See MIND, THOUGHT. <\/p>\n Psa 21:11 (a) This describes the schemes and plans of wicked men to attack GOD and His people.<\/p>\n Dan 11:24 (b) This refers to the wicked plans of men who have a desire to shut GOD out from their arrangements.<\/p>\n 2Co 2:11 (a) This describes the devil’s clever schemes to prevent Christians from walking with the Lord in happy fellowship and profitable service.<\/p>\n Device de-vs: A scheme, invention, plot. In the Old Testament it stands for six Hebrew words, of which the most common is mahashebheth (from hashabh, to think, contrive). In the New Testament it occurs only twice, once for Greek enthumesis (Act 17:29), and once for noema (2Co 2:11). Sometimes the word means simply that which … Continue reading “Device”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Device<\/h2>\n
Fuente: Wilson’s Dictionary of Bible Types<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"