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i-maj-i-nā´shun (יצר, yeÌ„cer, ש×רירוּת, sherı̄ruÌ„th; διαÌνοια, diaÌnoia): “Imagination†is the translation of yeÌ„cer, properly “a shaping,†hence, “a thought†(; ; ; ; ). In yeÌ„cer is translated “mind†(King James Version margin “thought†or “imaginationâ€), “whose mind is stayed on thee†(the Revised Version margin “or imaginationâ€); in it is “frameâ€; of sherı̄ruÌ„th, “obstinacy,†“stubbornness†(; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ); in the King James Version it is, “lust,†margin “hardness or imaginationsâ€; 3 times of mahÌ£ăshebheth, “thought†or “purpose†in the King James Version (; , ); once of dianoia, “mind,†“understanding†(); of logismoÌs, “reasoning†(); and of dialogismoÌs, “reasoning through†( the King James Version).
The Revised Version (British and American) gives “stubbornness†in each instance where sherı̄ruÌ„th is in the King James Version translated “imaginationâ€; in the American Standard Revised Version has “purposesâ€; the Revised Version (British and American) has “devices†(, ) and “reasonings†(), “imagination†for “conceit†(), and (English Revised Version) for “device†().
“Imagination†is frequent in Apocrypha, e.g. Ecclesiasticus 22:18 (dianoÌeÌ„ma); 37:3 (enthuÌmeÌ„ma, “wicked imaginationâ€); 40:2 (dialogismos, the Revised Version (British and American) “expectationâ€).