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kon-sep´shun, kon-seÌ„v´ (הרה, haÌ„raÌ„h, and derivatives; συλλαμβαÌνω, sullambaÌnoÌ„): Physically, the beginning of a new life in the womb of a mother, “to catch on,†used Thus some forty times, as in ; ; . Metaphorically, applied to the start and growth within the heart, of thought, purpose, desire, e.g. “conceive mischief†(; ), “conceive chaff†(). This figure is carried out in details in : “Lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin.