Conception

Conception [NAVE]

CONCEPTION.
From the Lord
By Sarah, Gen. 21:1, 2; Rebekah, Gen. 25:21; Rachel, Gen. 30:22; Manoah's wife, Judg. 13:3-24; Haah, 1 Sam. 1:19, 20; Elisabeth, Luke 1:24, 25, 36, 37, 58; Mary, Matt. 1:18, 20; Luke 1:31-35.

CONCEPTION; CONCEIVE [ISBE]

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 Gen 3:16; 4:1; Ps 51:5. Metaphorically, applied to the start and growth within the heart, of thought, purpose, desire, e.g. "conceive mischief" (Job 15:35; Ps 7:14), "conceive chaff" (Isa 33:11). This figure is carried out in details in Jas 1:15: "Lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin."