Forecast (Hastings' Dictionary)
In the phrase ' forecast devices,' Dn 1134-25 (nnj'np 2pn, RV 'devise devices'), the meaning is ' contrive beforehand,' as Golding (1587), De Mornay, xiii. 203, ' At the first sight the thing which was forecast by good order, seemeth to happen by adventure. In Wis 17" the word occurs in the sense of ' think beforehand,' ' for- bode ' : ' Wickedness . . . always forecasteth grievous tilings' (S"'* TrpoelXriiper, but B vpo<jeL\r](pe», whence RVm ' hath added ').
This topic also has an entry in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Both articles offer independent scholarly perspectives.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Forecast
Forecast for-kast'; (vb.) (chashabh): To forecast is both to plan or scheme beforehand and to consider or see beforehand. It is in the first sense that it is used in Da 11:24-25 (the King James Version) as the translation of chashabh, "to think," "meditate," "devise," "plot," "He shall forecast his devices (The King James Version, margin "Hebrew think his thoughts") against the strongholds"; "They shall forecast devices against him," the Revised Version (British and American) "devise his devices"; compare Na 1:9, "What do ye devise against Yahweh?" In the second sense, the word occurs in The Wisdom of Solomon 17:11 the Revised Version (British and American), "Wickedness .... always forecasteth the worst lot" (proeilephen), margin "Most authorities read hath added" (proseilephen). ⇒See the definition of forecast in the KJV Dictionary W. L. Walker
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