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imagination

Meaning of “imagination”

A thought, design, purpose, conception, plan, or reasoning formed in the heart or mind.

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14 occurrences14 verses5 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 6:5

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Jeremiah 16:12
And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 16:12 · retained source text

And yee haue done worse then your fathers, (for behold, yee walke euerie one after the imagination of his euill heart, that they may not hearken vnto me.)

1611 marginal noteOr, stubburnnesse.

1611 marginal noteChap.7.26.

Jeremiah 18:12
And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
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And they said, There is no hope, but wee will walke after our owne deuices, and wee will euery one doe the imagination of his euil heart.

1611 marginal noteChap. 2.25.

Jeremiah 23:17
They say still unto them that despise me, The Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 23:17 · retained source text

They say still vnto them that despise me; The LORD hath sayde, Yee shall haue peace; and they say vnto euery one that walketh after the imagination of his owne heart, No euill shall come vpon you.

1611 marginal noteOr, stubbornesse.

1611 marginal noteCha.6.14. and 8.11. eze.13.10. zech.10.2.

Luke 1:51
He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
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Hee hath shewed strength with his arme, he hath scattered the proud, in the imagination of their hearts.

1611 marginal noteEsay 51.9.

1611 marginal notePsal. 33.10.

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