Bible Encyclopedias
Conception; Conceive

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kon -sep´shun , kon -sēv ´ (הרה , hārāh , and derivatives; συλλαμβάνω , sullambánō ): Physically, the beginning of a new life in the womb of a mother, "to catch on," used Thus some forty times, as in Genesis 3:16; Genesis 4:1; Psalm 51:5 . Metaphorically , applied to the start and growth within the heart, of thought, purpose, desire, e.g. "conceive mischief" (Job 15:35; Psalm 7:14 ), "conceive chaff" (Isaiah 33:11 ). This figure is carried out in details in James 1:15 : "Lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin.»