כָּזָב
kāzāb
lie
Strong's H3577NounHebrewTWOT 970a

כָּזָב (kāzāb) is a Hebrew noun meaning lie. It appears 29 times in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3577).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 970a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 970a)lie, falsehood, deceptive thing; deceitful, false, leasing, liar, lying
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

כָּזָב noun, masculine: lie, falsehood, deceptive thing

Strong's H3577 כָּזָב: falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)
KJV:deceitful, false, leasing, liar, lie, lying.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 970: כָּזַב kāzab — lie, be a liar; tell a lie, disappoint, fail; deceive; liar, lying, be in vain

See it in Scripture

Proverbs 6:19Isaiah 28:15Ezekiel 13:6

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