בָּדָא (bādāʾ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning devise. It appears
2 times
in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H908).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 200)
Range of meaning (TWOT 200)devise, invent; feign
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
בָּדָאverb: devise, invent
Strong's H908בָּדָא: (figuratively) to invent KJV:devise, feign.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.