# בָּדָא (bada)

Israeli respelling: ba-da. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H908. 2 Old Testament occurrences.

(figuratively) to invent

King James renderings: devise, feign.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/bada-h908

## Occurrences

- [1 Kings 12:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/12/33) — So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of h…
- [Nehemiah 6:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/6/8) — Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.