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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #3577 - כָּזָב

Transliteration

kâzâb

Phonetics

kaw-zawb'

Origin

from (H3576)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

970a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

a lie, untruth, falsehood, deceptive thing

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 95 ‑ ἀδίκως (ad‑ee'‑koce); 3152 ‑ μάταιος (mat'‑ah‑yos); 5571 ‑ ψευδής (psyoo‑dace'); 5579 ‑ ψεῦδος (psyoo'‑dos); 5583 ‑ ψεύστης (psyoos‑tace');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (30)

Judges 2

Psalms 6

Proverbs 8

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 7

Daniel 1

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Zephaniah 1

BSB (27)

Judges 2

Psalms 6

Proverbs 9

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 7

Daniel 1

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Zephaniah 1

CSB (18)

Judges 2

Psalms 6

Proverbs 9

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 7

Daniel 1

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Zephaniah 1

ESV (29)

Judges 2

Psalms 6

Proverbs 9

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 7

Daniel 1

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Zephaniah 1

KJV (31)

Judges 2

Psalms 6

Proverbs 9

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 7

Daniel 1

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Zephaniah 1

LEB (28)

Psalms 6

Proverbs 8

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 7

Daniel 1

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Zephaniah 1

LSB (31)

Judges 2

Psalms 6

Proverbs 9

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 7

Daniel 1

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Zephaniah 1

N95 (24)

Judges 2

Proverbs 8

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 7

Daniel 1

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Zephaniah 1

NAS (30)

Judges 2

Psalms 6

Proverbs 9

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 7

Daniel 1

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Zephaniah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (28)

Judges 2

Psalms 6

Proverbs 7

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 6

Daniel 1

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Zephaniah 1

ASV (30)

a false 1

a liar 1

a lying 1

after falsehood 1

and lying 1

and their lies 1

in lies 1

lies 14

lies against me 1

me lies 2

of high degree are a lie 1

of lies 1

seeing they are deceitful 1

to lies 1

unto lies 1

will not lie 1

BSB (27)

a liar 1

a lying 2

and deceitful 1

and lying 2

and speak lying 2

but a lie 1

by the lies 1

false visions 1

in lies 1

into falsehood 1

is deceptive 1

lies 11

of lies 1

who gives false 1

CSB (18)

a lie 1

an illusion 1

is deceptive 1

lies 8

lying 7

ESV (29)

deceptive 1

delusion 1

false 1

falsehood 2

lie 2

lies 18

lying 4

KJV (31)

deceitful 1

false 1

leasing 2

liar 1

lie 3

lies 21

lying 2

LEB (28)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (31)

false 1

falsehood 13

lie 2

lies 11

lying 3

word 1

N95 (24)

deceptive 1

false 1

falsehood 1

lie 1

lies 17

lying 3

NAS (30)

deceptive 1

false 1

falsehood 3

lie 3

lies 19

lying 3

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (28)

a false 1

a liar 1

after falsehood 1

and lying 1

and their lies 1

in lies 1

lies 12

lies against me 1

me lies 2

of high degree are a lie 1

of lies 1

out lies 1

since they are deceitful 1

to lies 2

will not lie 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2253) b z k (כזב KZB) AC: Lie CO: Lie AB: ?: Vain words spoken to deceive, cause failure or disappoint. What does not function in the capacity that it was meant to.

V) b z k (כזב KZB) - Lie: KJV (16): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Piel, Participle) lie, liar, vain, fail - Strongs: H3576 (כָּזַב)

N^m) b z k (כזב KZB) - Lie: KJV (31): lie, liar, leasing, deceitful, false - Strongs: H3577 (כָּזָב)

e^f1) e b z i k (כיזבה KYZBH) - Lying: [Aramaic only] [df: hbdk] KJV (1): lying - Strongs: H3538 (כְּדַב)

n^m ) b z k a (אכזב AKZB) - Lie: KJV (2): lie, liar - Strongs: H391 (אַכְזָב)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

כָּזָב noun masculine^{Amos 2:4} lie, falsehood, deceptive thing; — absolute ׳כ Hosea 12:2 19t.; plural absolute כְּזָבִים Judges 16:10 9t.; 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 ᵐ5 Co (׳קָסוֺם כ, for ᵑ0׳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.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

כָּזָב m.

(1) falsehood, lying, Psalms 4:3, 5:7 Proverbs 6:19.

(2) any thing that deceives, deludes by false hope; used of idols, Psalms 40:5; Amos 2:4 used of a false oracle, Ezekiel 13:6.

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List of Word Forms

כְּ֝זָבִ֗ים כְּ֭זָבִים כְּזָבִ֣ים כְּזָבִ֥ים כְּזָבִֽים׃ כִּזְבֵיהֶ֔ם כָ֫זָ֥ב כָּזָ֑ב כָּזָ֔ב כָּזָ֖ב כָּזָ֡ב כָּזָ֣ב כָּזָ֥ב כָּזָ֪ב כָּזָֽב׃ כָּזָב֒ כָזָ֔ב כָזָ֛ב כָזָ֣ב כָזָֽב׃ כזב כזב׃ כזביהם כזבים כזבים׃ chaZav kā·zāḇ ḵā·zāḇ kāzāḇ ḵāzāḇ kaZav kə·zā·ḇîm kəzāḇîm Kezavim kiz·ḇê·hem kizḇêhem kizveiHem