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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (v. t.) To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope.

2. (v. t.) To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.

3. (v. t.) To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand.

4. (v. i.) To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant.

5. (v. i.) To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
CONCEPTION; CONCEIVE

kon-sep'-shun, kon-sev' (harah, and derivatives; sullambano): 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."

Greek
4815. sullambano -- to collect, ie to take, by impl. to take part ...
... to conceive. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sullambano Phonetic Spelling:
(sool-lam-ban'-o) Short Definition: I seize, apprehend, become pregnant ...
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2602. katabole -- a laying down
... earth. Word Origin from kataballo Definition a laying down NASB Word Usage
conceive* (1), foundation (10). conception, foundation. ...
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1080. gennao -- to beget, to bring forth
... gives birth (1), produce (1). bear, beget, conceive. From a variation of genos;
to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension ...
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2845. koite -- a bed
... bed, chambering, cohabitation. From keimai; a couch; by extension, cohabitation;
by implication, the male sperm -- bed, chambering, X conceive. see GREEK keimai ...
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3539. noeo -- to perceive, think
... noeo Phonetic Spelling: (noy-eh'-o) Short Definition: I understand, consider Definition:
I understand, think, consider, conceive, apprehend; aor. ...
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5087. tithemi -- to place, lay, set
... properly denotes an upright and active position, while keimai is properly reflexive
and utterly prostrate) -- + advise, appoint, bow, commit, conceive, give, X ...
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4690. sperma -- that which is sown, ie seed
... Word Origin from speiro Definition that which is sown, ie seed NASB Word Usage children
(7), conceive* (1), descendant (4), descendants (16), posterity (1 ...
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2192. echo -- to have, hold
... ability, contiuity, relation, or condition) -- be (able, X hold, possessed with),
accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do ...
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Strong's Hebrew
2029. harah -- to conceive, become pregnant
... to conceive, become pregnant. Transliteration: harah Phonetic Spelling: (haw-raw')
Short Definition: conceived. ... been, be with child, conceive, progenitor. ...
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3179. yacham -- to be hot, to conceive
... yacham. 3180 . to be hot, to conceive. Transliteration: yacham Phonetic Spelling:
(yaw-kham') Short Definition: mating. ... get heat, be hot, conceive, be warm. ...
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2232. zara -- to sow, scatter seed
... root Definition to sow, scatter seed NASB Word Usage conceive (1), gives birth
(1), perpetuated (1), plant seed (1), scatter (1), set (1), sow (28), sowed (2 ...
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2030. harah -- pregnant
... Word Origin from harah Definition pregnant NASB Word Usage child (5), conceive
(2), pregnant (3), pregnant woman (1), pregnant women (1), woman with child (1 ...
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2803. chashab -- to think, account
... make account of, conceive, consider, count, cunning man, work, workman, devise,.
A primitive root; properly, to plait or interpenetrate ...
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3254. yasaph -- to add
... add, again, any more, cease, come more, conceive again, continue, exceed,.
A primitive root; to add or augment (often adverbial, to ...
/hebrew/3254.htm - 6k

2032. heron -- conception, pregnancy
... Word Origin from harah Definition conception, pregnancy NASB Word Usage
childbirth (1), conceive (1), conception (1). conception. ...
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Library

This Then is what I Conceive, O My God...
... Book XII Chapter XIII This then is what I conceive, O my God? This then
is what I conceive, O my God, when I hear Thy Scripture ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter xiii this then is.htm

Is it not Easy to Conceive the World in Your Mind? to Think the ...
... THE FIRST CENTURY 9 Is it not easy to conceive the World in your Mind? To think
the Heavens fair? ... Is it not easy to conceive the World in your Mind? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/traherne/centuries of meditations/9 is it not easy.htm

We Conceive and Beget the Word Within, from the Things we have ...
... Book IX. Chapter 7."We Conceive and Beget the Word Within, from the Things
We Have Beheld in the Eternal Truth. The Word, Whether ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 7 we conceive and beget.htm

Let the Sea Also Conceive and Bring Forth Your Works...
... Book XIII Chapter XX Let the sea also conceive and bring forth your works?
Let the sea also conceive and bring forth your works ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter xx let the sea.htm

But, Lest Man Should Conceive Thoughts Too High, and be Exalted ...
... THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE APOSTOLIC PREACHING Chapter 15 But, lest man should
conceive thoughts too high, and be exalted and uplifted? ...
/.../the demonstration of the apostolic preaching/chapter 15 but lest man.htm

So that when Thought Seeketh what the Sense May Conceive under ...
... Book XII Chapter V So that when thought seeketh what the sense may conceive
under this? So that when thought seeketh what the ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter v so that when.htm

Manner of Christ's Birth Predicted.
... And hear again how Isaiah in express words foretold that He should be born of a
virgin; for he spoke thus: "Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bring forth a ...
/.../justin/the first apology of justin/chapter xxxiii manner of christs birth.htm

We Shall not be Curious in the Ranking of the Duties in which ...
... I conceive we would labour to enforce upon our hearts, and persuade our souls to
a love of all men, by often ruminating upon the words of the Apostle, which ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/chapter iv we shall not.htm

Of Creation
... country, and wandered into a wilderness where he could see no inhabitants but only
houses, villages and cities built, he would straightway conceive there hath ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/lecture xvii of creation.htm

The Humanheartedness of Jesus.
... means to us. It is difficult for us to conceive of him as learning in childhood
as other children have to learn. We find ourselves ...
/.../miller/personal friendships of jesus/chapter i the humanheartedness of.htm

Thesaurus
Conceive (23 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate;
as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope. ... CONCEPTION; CONCEIVE. ...
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Conception (6 Occurrences)
... See Concept. 6. (n.) Idea; purpose; design. 7. (n.) Conceit; affected sentiment
or thought. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CONCEPTION; CONCEIVE. ...
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Womb (84 Occurrences)
... Luke 1:31 Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will
call his name'Jesus.' (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). ...
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Conceived (66 Occurrences)
... (imp. & pp) of Conceive. ... (YLT). Isaiah 33:11 Ye conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth
stubble; your breath is a fire that shall devour you. (See NAS). ...
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Whensoever (13 Occurrences)
... Genesis 30:41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive,
that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that ...
/w/whensoever.htm - 10k

Imagine (24 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form
a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination. ...
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Troughs (5 Occurrences)
... Genesis 30:41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive,
that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters ...
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Unchangeableness (1 Occurrence)
... The logical result of this is to conceive of God as abstract Being or Substance,
so that the word "God" becomes only a name for the Unknowable. ...
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Unchangeable (4 Occurrences)
... The logical result of this is to conceive of God as abstract Being or Substance,
so that the word "God" becomes only a name for the Unknowable. ...
/u/unchangeable.htm - 28k

Infinitude
... They did not, eg conceive of God as having been born, or as having a beginning,
as the Babylonian and Greek gods had, but thought of Him as the ever-existing ...
/i/infinitude.htm - 12k

Resources
What does the Bible say about fertility? | GotQuestions.org

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Concordance
Conceive (23 Occurrences)

Matthew 1:23
Lo, the virgin shall conceive, and she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,' which is, being interpreted 'With us 'he is' God.'
(YLT RSV)

Luke 1:31
Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will call his name'Jesus.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Hebrews 11:11
By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Genesis 19:36
And the two daughters of Lot conceive from their father,
(YLT)

Genesis 30:19
Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 30:38
He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink. They conceived when they came to drink.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Genesis 30:39
The flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Genesis 30:41
It happened, whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Genesis 31:10
And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ring-streaked, speckled, and grizzled.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Leviticus 12:2
"Speak to the children of Israel, saying,'If a woman conceives, and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her monthly period she shall be unclean.
(Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Numbers 5:28
If the woman isn't defiled, but is clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Numbers 11:12
Have I conceived all this people? Have I brought them forth, that you should tell me,'Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which you swore to their fathers?'
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 13:3
The angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman, and said to her, "See now, you are barren, and don't bear; but you shall conceive, and bear a son.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 13:5
for, behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 13:7
but he said to me,'Behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.'"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Ruth 4:13
So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in unto her, and the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son.
(See NAS NIV)

Job 15:35
They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 35:20
For they don't speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
(See RSV)

Psalms 51:5
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity. In sin my mother conceived me.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Isaiah 33:11
You will conceive chaff. You will bring forth stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 59:4
None sues in righteousness, and none pleads in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Micah 6:14
Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy humiliation shall be in the midst of thee: and thou shalt put away, but shalt not save; and that which thou savest will I give up to the sword.
(See JPS)

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Shape (17 Occurrences)

Sueth (1 Occurrence)

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