כָּזַב kazav

Hebrew word for “to lie” · Strong’s H3576 · used 16 times in 16 verses

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Meaning

1) to lie, tell a lie, be a liar, be found a liar, be in vain, fail;

How it is translated

Glosses given for kazav in context, with how often each is used:

• will lie 4
• may lie 1
• tell a lie 1
• will he prove a liar 1
• will i lie? 1
• proved a lie 1
• lied 1
• liar 1
• tells lies 1
• will be proved a liar 1
• will fail 1
• when speak falsehood 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 23 (1), 2 Kings 4 (1), Job 6 (1), Job 24 (1), Job 34 (1), Job 41 (1), Psalms 78 (1), Psalms 89 (1), Psalms 116 (1), Proverbs 14 (1)

Forms

• אכזב 3
• יכזבו 2
• כזב 2
• יכזב 2
• ויכזב 1
• תכזב 1
• יכזיבני 1
• נכזבה 1
• ונכזבת 1
• תכזבי 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kazav more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• פּוּחַ puach “to breathe” 2
• כָּזָב kazav “lie” 2
• אִם im “if” 4
• אַל al “not” 3
• שֶׁקֶר sheqer “deception” 2
• מוֹעֵד moed “meeting” 2
• מִי mi “who?” 2
• אָדָם adam “man” 2
• שׂוּם sum “to set” 2
• ךָּ ka “you” 2
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 2
• אֲנִי ani “I” 2

Key verses

The verses using kazav that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Numbers 23:19 — God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not…
• 2 Kings 4:16 — And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine…
• Job 24:25 — And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
• Psalms 78:36 — Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
• Psalms 89:35 — Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
• Psalms 116:11 — I said in my haste, All men are liars.
• Proverbs 14:5 — A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
• Isaiah 57:11 — And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old,…
• Isaiah 58:11 — And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring…
• Ezekiel 13:19 — And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that…
• Micah 2:11 — If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
• Habakkuk 2:3 — For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.