כָּזָב kazav
Hebrew word for “lie” · Strong’s H3577 · used 31 times in 31 verses
Meaning
a lie, untruth, falsehood, deceptive thing
How it is translated
Glosses given for kazav in context, with how often each is used:
- falsehood 20
- lies 11
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proverbs | 9 | 1.3 | |
| Ezekiel | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Psalms | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Judges | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Hosea | 2 | 0.8 | |
| Daniel | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Amos | 1 | 0.5 | |
| Zephaniah | 1 | 1.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
Ezekiel 13 (5), Proverbs 19 (3), Judges 16 (2), Psalms 62 (2), Proverbs 14 (2), Isaiah 28 (2), Psalms 4 (1), Psalms 5 (1), Psalms 40 (1), Psalms 58 (1)
Forms
- כזב 20
- כזבים 10
- כזביהם 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with kazav more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שָׁוְא shav “vanity” 7
- פּוּחַ puach “to breathe” 5
- חָזָה chazah “to see” 6
- עֵד ed “witness” 6
- דָבַר davar “to speak” 11
- שֶׁקֶר sheqer “deception” 5
- קָסַם qasam “to divine” 3
- דְּלִילָה delilah “Delilah” 2
- תָּלַל talal “to deceive” 2
- אָבַד avad “to perish” 3
- כָּזַב kazav “to lie” 2
- מַחְסֶּה machaseh “refuge” 2
Key verses
The verses using kazav that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Psalms 4:2 — O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
- Psalms 62:4 — They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
- Psalms 62:9 — Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
- Proverbs 30:8 — Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
- Isaiah 28:15 — Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come…
- Isaiah 28:17 — Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the…
- Ezekiel 13:6 — They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm…
- Ezekiel 13:9 — And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written…
- 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…
- Hosea 7:13 — Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken…
- Amos 2:4 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the…
- Zephaniah 3:13 — The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and…
See all 31 verses in the Word Atlas
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.