Strong's Hebrew #908 - בָּדָא bada (to devise)

devise, feign

A primitive root; (figuratively) to invent -- devise, feign.

1) to devise, contrive, invent (bad sense)
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to devise
1a2) to contrive
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 200

בָּדָא verb devise, invent (bad sense) (Mishna id., Aramaic בְּדָא, invent; compare Arabic begin, make a beginning —

Qal Perfect בָּדָא 1 Kings 12:33; Participle suffix בּוֺדָאם (instead of בּוֺדְאָם) Nehemiah 6:8 — Jeroboam devised a feast in 8th month 1 Kings 12:33; invent accusation Nehemiah 6:8.

Strong's Hebrew: 908. בָּדָא (bada) — 2 Occurrences

1 Kings 12:33
HEB: בַּחֹ֖דֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־ בָּדָ֣א [מִלִּבַּד כ]
NAS: which he had devised in his own heart;
KJV: [even] in the month which he had devised of his own heart;
INT: the month which had devised alone instituted

Nehemiah 6:8
HEB: מִֽלִּבְּךָ֖ אַתָּ֥ה בוֹדָֽאם׃
NAS: have not been done, but you are inventing them in your own mind.
KJV: as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
INT: mind you are inventing