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Lexicon :: Strong's H3577 - kāzāḇ

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כָּזָב
Transliteration
kāzāḇ
Pronunciation
kaw-zawb'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 970a

Strong’s Definitions

כָּזָב kâzâb, kaw-zawb'; from H3576; falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol):—deceitful, false, leasing, liar, lie, lying.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x

The KJV translates Strong's H3577 in the following manner: lie (23x), lying (2x), leasing (2x), deceitful (1x), false (1x), liar (1x), lies (with H1697) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x
The KJV translates Strong's H3577 in the following manner: lie (23x), lying (2x), leasing (2x), deceitful (1x), false (1x), liar (1x), lies (with H1697) (1x).

  1. a lie, untruth, falsehood, deceptive thing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּזָב kâzâb, kaw-zawb'; from H3576; falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol):—deceitful, false, leasing, liar, lie, lying.
STRONGS H3577: Abbreviations
† כָּזָב noun masculineAmos 2:4 lie, falsehood, deceptive thing; — absolute כ׳ Hosea 12:2 + 19 times; plural absolute כְּזָבִים Judges 16:10 + 9 times; suffix כִּזְבֵיהֶם Amos 2:4; — lie, falsehood, with דִּבֶּר Judges 16:10, 13; Hosea 7:13; Zephaniah 3:13; Daniel 11:27; Psalm 5:7; Psalm 58:4, so Ezekiel 13:8 Co (by transposing כ׳ with שָׁוְא, compare Ezekiel 13:6; Ezekiel 13:7; Ezekiel 13:9); with יָפִיחַ (in Proverbs) Proverbs 6:19; Proverbs 14:5, 25; Proverbs 19:5, 9; of false prophecies (divinations) with אָמַר, מִקְסַם כ׳ Ezekiel 13:7; with קָסַם Ezekiel 13:9; Ezekiel 21:34; Ezekiel 22:28 + Ezekiel 13:6 Greek Version of the LXX Co (קָסוֺם כ׳, for MT קֶסֶם כ׳); with שָׁמַע Ezekiel 13:19, בִּקֵּשׁ Psalm 4:3; with רָצָה delight in Psalm 62:5; so in the phrase דְּבַרכֿ׳ Proverbs 30:8, אִישׁ כ׳ Proverbs 19:22 = liar, עֵד כְּזָבִים Proverbs 21:28 = false witness; of idols. as a lie (res ementita) Amos 2:4, so probably שָׂטֵי כ׳ those turning aside to a lie Psalm 40:5 (compare אָוֶן, אֱלִיל, הֶבֶל, שֶׁקֶר); then of empty human pretensions וָשֹׁד יַרְבֶּה כ׳ Hosea 12:2; Isaiah 28:15 (|| שֶׁקֶר), Isaiah 28:17 (מַחְסֵה כ׳), Psalm 62:10 (|| הֶבֶל; compare כֹּזֵב Psalm 116:11); לֶחֶם כְּזָבִים Proverbs 23:3 = deceptive (disappointing) bread.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

16:10; 16:10; 16:13

Psalms

4:3; 5:7; 40:5; 58:4; 62:5; 62:10; 116:11

Proverbs

6:19; 14:5; 14:25; 19:5; 19:9; 19:22; 21:28; 23:3; 30:8

Isaiah

28:15; 28:17

Ezekiel

13:6; 13:6; 13:7; 13:7; 13:8; 13:9; 13:9; 13:19; 22:28

Daniel

11:27

Hosea

7:13; 12:2; 12:2

Amos

2:4; 2:4; 2:4

Zephaniah

3:13

H3577

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3577 matches the Hebrew כָּזָב (kāzāḇ),
which occurs 29 times in 29 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:2 - O men, how long shall my honor suffer shame? How long will you love vain words, and seek after lies? Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:6 - Thou destroyest those who speak lies; the LORD abhors bloodthirsty and deceitful men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:4 - Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after false gods!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:3 - The wicked go astray from the womb, they err from their birth, speaking lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:4 - They only plan to thrust him down from his eminence. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9 - Men of low estate are but a breath, men of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:19 - a false witness who breathes out lies, and a man who sows discord among brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:5 - A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:25 - A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is a betrayer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:5 - A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who utters lies will not escape.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:9 - A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who utters lies will perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:22 - What is desired in a man is loyalty, and a poor man is better than a liar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:28 - A false witness will perish, but the word of a man who hears will endure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:3 - Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:8 - Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:15 - Because you have said, "We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement; when the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter";

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:17 - And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter."

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:6 - They have spoken falsehood and divined a lie; they say, 'Says the LORD,' when the LORD has not sent them, and yet they expect him to fulfil their word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:7 - Have you not seen a delusive vision, and uttered a lying divination, whenever you have said, 'Says the LORD,' although I have not spoken?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:8 - Therefore thus says the Lord God: "Because you have uttered delusions and seen lies, therefore behold, I am against you, says the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:9 - My hand will be against the prophets who see delusive visions and who give lying divinations; they shall not be in the council of my people, nor be enrolled in the register of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter the land of Israel; and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:19 - You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, putting to death persons who should not die and keeping alive persons who should not live, by your lies to my people, who listen to lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:29 - while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies for you--to be laid on the necks of the unhallowed wicked, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:28 - And her prophets have daubed for them with whitewash, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, 'Thus says the Lord GOD,' when the LORD has not spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:27 - And as for the two kings, their minds shall be bent on mischief; they shall speak lies at the same table, but to no avail; for the end is yet to be at the time appointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:13 - Woe to them, for they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me! I would redeem them, but they speak lies against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:1 - E'phraim herds the wind, and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a bargain with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:4 - Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because they have rejected the law of the LORD, and have not kept his statutes, but their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:13 - those who are left in Israel; they shall do no wrong and utter no lies, nor shall there be found in their mouth a deceitful tongue. For they shall pasture and lie down, and none shall make them afraid."
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