Feign
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Feign (11 Occurrences)

Luke 20:20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. (KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Leviticus 19:11 Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow. (YLT)

Joshua 9:4 and they work, even they, with subtilty, and go, and feign to be ambassadors, and take old sacks for their asses, and wine-bottles, old, and rent, and bound up, (YLT)

2 Samuel 13:5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and feign thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, Let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand. (ASV DBY JPS YLT)

2 Samuel 14:2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

2 Samuel 22:45 Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me, At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me. (YLT)

1 Kings 14:5 And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

1 Kings 18:29 and it cometh to pass, at the passing by of the noon, that they feign themselves prophets till the going up of the present, and there is no voice, and there is none answering, and there is none attending. (YLT)

Psalms 18:44 At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me, (YLT)

Psalms 66:3 Say to God, 'How fearful 'are' Thy works, By the abundance of Thy strength, Thine enemies feign obedience to Thee. (YLT NAS)

Psalms 81:15 Those hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him, But their time is -- to the age. (YLT)

Thesaurus
Feign (11 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To pretend; to imagine; to invent; as,
to feign an injury. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. FEIGN. ...
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Feigned (8 Occurrences)
... 1. (imp. & pp) of Feign. ... Psalms 66:3 Say to God, 'How fearful 'are' Thy works, By
the abundance of Thy strength, Thine enemies feign obedience to Thee. ...
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Dissemble (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To disguise or conceal one's true nature; to hide under a false semblance
or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an ...
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Pretend (9 Occurrences)
... to put forward, or offer, as true or real (something untrue or unreal); to show
hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to simulate; to feign; as, to ...
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Sham (1 Occurrence)
... 6. (vt) To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign. 7.
(vi) To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose. ...
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Obedience (61 Occurrences)
... of rams. (DBY). 2 Samuel 22:45 Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,
At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me. (YLT NAS). 1 ...
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Feet (2931 Occurrences)

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Noon (30 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 18:29 and it cometh to pass, at the passing by of the noon, that they feign
themselves prophets till the going up of the present, and there is no voice ...
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Jeroboam's (7 Occurrences)
... inquire of thee concerning her son; for he is sick; thus and thus shalt thou say
unto her; for it will be, when she cometh in, that she will feign herself to ...
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Jon'adab (11 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 13:5 And Jonadab said unto him: 'Lay thee down on thy bed, and feign thyself
sick; and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him: Let my sister ...
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Greek
5271. hupokrinomai -- to answer, reply, to answer on a stage, to ...
... feign. Middle voice from hupo and krino; to decide (speak or act) under a false
part, ie (figuratively) dissemble (pretend) -- feign. see GREEK hupo. ...
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
FEIGN

fan (badha, nakhar; plastos): Occurs

(1) in the sense of "to devise," "invent" as the translation of badha', "to form," "to fashion" (Nehemiah 6:8, "Thou feignest them out of thine own heart"; compare 1 Kings 12:33, English Versions of the Bible "devised of his own heart"); of plastos, "formed," "molded" (2 Peter 2:3, "with reigned words make merchandise of you");

(2) in the sense of "pretense," nakhar, "to be foreign," "strange" (1 Kings 14:5, "feign herself to be another woman," 1ki 14:6; compare Genesis 42:7 Proverbs 26:24); 'abhal, "to mourn," "to act as a mourner" (2 Samuel 14:2); halal, "to make a show," Hithpael, "to be mad," "to feign madness" (of David, 1 Samuel 21:13; compare Jeremiah 25:16; Jeremiah 50:38); hupokrinomai, "to give judgment, or act, under a mask" (Luke 20:20, "who feigned themselves to be righteous");

(3) in the sense of "deceit" "fraud," "insincerity," mirmah, "prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips" (Psalm 17:1); sheqer, "falsehood," "a lie," "Judah hath not returned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly" (Jeremiah 3:10; compare APC 2Esdras 8:28); kahash, "to lie," "to feign, or flatter" (2Sa 12:45; Psalm 18:44; 66:03:00; 81:15), where the text of the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American), "shall submit themselves," is rendered the margin (the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American)), "yield feigned obedience, Hebrew lie." the Revised Version (British and American) has "feign" for "make" (2 Samuel 13:5), and "feigned" for "made" (2 Samuel 13:6).

W. L. Walker

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (v. t.) To pretend; to imagine; to invent; as, to feign an injury.

2. (v. t.) To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness.

3. (v. t.) To dissemble; to conceal.

Strong's Hebrew
908. bada -- to devise, invent
... inventing (1). devise, feign. A primitive root; (figuratively) to invent --
devise, feign. << 907, 908. bada. 909 >>. Strong's Numbers.
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5234. nakar -- to regard, recognize
... acknowledge, could, deliver, discern, dissemble, estrange, feign self to
be another. A primitive root; properly, to scrutinize, ie ...
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3584. kachash -- to disappoint, deceive, fail, grow lean
... A primitive root; to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint,
fail, cringe) -- deceive, deny, dissemble, fail, deal falsely, be found ...
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1984. halal -- to shine
... to celebrate; also to stultify -- (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal,
make), fool(- ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad ...
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