2 occurrences
'Pretend' in the Bible
So Joab sent to Tekoa and took from there a wise woman, and he said to her, "Please pretend to mourn and put on garments of mourning. You should not anoint yourself [with] oil, and you must act like this woman who has been mourning over the dead for {a long time}.
On his lips, an enemy will pretend, but {inside} he will harbor deceit.
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- Act (366 instances)
- Affect (5 instances)
- Allege (4 instances)
- Dissemble (2 instances)
- Excuse (22 instances)
- Feign (11 instances)
- Make-Believe (1 instance)
- Pretend (15 instances)
- Profess (16 instances)
- Sham (3 instances)
- Venture (13 instances)