Definition
from H3576; falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)
Traditional renderings: deceitful, false, leasing, liar, lie, lying.
Traditional renderings: deceitful, false, leasing, liar, lie, lying.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders כָּזָב:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
31 total
- Judges 16:10כְּזָבִ֑יםThen Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up.”
- Judges 16:13כְּזָבִ֔יםThen Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”
- Psalm 4:2כָזָ֣ב · liesHow long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah
- Psalm 5:6כָ֫זָ֥ב · liesYou destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
- Psalm 40:4כָזָֽב׃ · into falsehoodBlessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
- Psalm 58:3כָזָֽב׃The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
- Psalm 62:4כָ֫זָ֥ב · in liesThey fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah
- Psalm 62:9כָּזָ֪ב · [are] but a lieLowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
- Proverbs 6:19כְּ֭זָבִים · who gives false…a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
- Proverbs 14:5כְּ֝זָבִ֗ים · liesAn honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.
- Proverbs 14:25כְּזָבִ֣ים · liesA truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.
- Proverbs 19:5כְּ֝זָבִ֗ים · liesA false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
- Proverbs 19:9כְּזָבִ֣ים · liesA false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
- Proverbs 19:22כָּזָֽב׃ · a liarThe desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.
- Proverbs 21:28כְּזָבִ֥ים · A lyingA lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.
- Proverbs 23:3כְּזָבִֽים׃ · is deceptiveDo not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
- Proverbs 30:8כָּזָ֡ב · and deceitfulKeep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
- Isaiah 28:15כָזָ֛ב · liesFor you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”
- Isaiah 28:17כָזָ֔ב · of liesI will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.
- Ezekiel 13:6כָּזָ֔ב · and speak lyingThey see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.
- Ezekiel 13:7כָּזָ֖ב · a lyingHaven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken?
- Ezekiel 13:8כָּזָ֑ב · false visionsTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 13:9כָּזָב֒ · and speak lyingMy hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 13:19כָזָֽב׃סYou have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.
- Ezekiel 21:29כָּזָ֑ב · and lying…while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you—to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.
- Ezekiel 22:28כָּזָ֑ב · and lyingHer prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.
- Daniel 11:27כָּזָ֣ב · liesAnd the two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time.
- Hosea 7:13כְּזָבִֽים׃ · liesWoe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.
- Hosea 12:1כָּזָ֥ב · liesEphraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
- Amos 2:4כִּזְבֵיהֶ֔ם · by the liesThis is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.
- Zephaniah 3:13כָזָ֔ב · liesThe remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”