King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H3576
Transliteration: kazab
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-zab')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to lie, be a liar
Meaning: to lie, be a liar
Word Summary
kazab: to lie, be a liar
Original Word: כָּזַבTransliteration: kazab
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-zab')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to lie, be a liar
Meaning: to lie, be a liar
Strong's Concordance
fail, be found a, make a liar, lie, lying, be in vain A primitive root; to lie (i.e. Deceive), literally or figuratively -- fail, (be found a, make a) liar, lie, lying, be in vain.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3576. kazab
[כָּזַב] verb lie, be a liar (Arabic ; Aramaic כְּדַב, id. chiefly Pa`el; Late Hebrew כָּזַב) —
Qal Participle כֹּזֵב כָּלהָֿאָדָם Psalm 116:11 (compare כָּזָּב 62:10).
Niph`al Perfect3feminine singular נִכְזָ֑בָה תֹּחַלְתּוֺ Job 41:1 his hope has been made deceptive, i.e. been shewn to be so; 2 masculine singular consecutive וְנִכְזָ֑בְתָּ Proverbs 30:6 lest he convict thee and thou be proven a liar.
Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular כִּזֵּב Micah 2:11; Imperfect3masculine singular יְכַזֵּב Habakkuk 2:3; Proverbs 14:5; וִיכַזֵּב Numbers 23:19, etc.; Infinitive construct suffix כַזֶּבְכֶם (בְּ) Ezekiel 13:19; —
1 lie, tell a lie, absolute, Numbers 23:19 (JE), Micah 2:11; Job 6:28; 34:6; Proverbs 14:5; Isaiah 57:11; followed by לְ person lie to Ezekiel 13:9; Psalm 78:36; 89:36; followed by בְּ person tell a lie with, i.e. in intercourse, conversation with 2 Kings 4:16.
2 disappoint, fail, of a divine revelation Habakkuk 2:3; waters of a spring Isaiah 58:11.
Hiph`il Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יַכְזִיבֵנִי Job 24:25 who will make me a liar? i.e. prove me to be so (compare Niph`al)