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Lexicon :: Strong's H3577 - kāzāḇ

Aa
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 BoxPsa 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:2 - O you sons of men, how long will you go on turning my glory into shame? how long will you give your love to foolish things, going after what is false? (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:6 - You will send destruction on those whose words are false; the cruel man and the man of deceit are hated by the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:4 - Happy is the man who has faith in the Lord, and does not give honour to the men of pride or to those who are turned away to deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:3 - The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:4 - Their only thought is to put him down from his place of honour; their delight is in deceit: blessing is in their mouths but cursing in their hearts. (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9 - Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:19 - A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:5 - A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:25 - A true witness is the saviour of lives; but he who says false things is a cause of deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:5 - A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:9 - A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:22 - The ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:28 - A false witness will be cut off, ...

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:3 - Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:8 - Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:15 - Because you have said, We have made death our friend, and with the underworld we have made an agreement; when the overflowing waters come through they will not come near us; for we are looking to false words for help, taking cover in what is untrue:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:17 - And I will make right decision the measuring-line, and righteousness the weight: and the ice-storm will take away the safe place of false words, and the secret place will be covered by the flowing waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:6 - They have seen visions without substance and made use of secret arts, who say, The Lord has said; and the Lord has not sent them: hoping that the word would have effect.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:7 - Have you not seen a vision without substance and have you not falsely made use of secret arts, when you say, The Lord has said; though I have said nothing?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:8 - So this is what the Lord has said: Because your words are without substance and your visions are false, see, I am against you, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:9 - And my hand will be against the prophets who see visions without substance and who make false use of secret arts: they will not be in the secret of my people, and they will not be recorded in the list of the children of Israel, and they will not come into the land of Israel; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:19 - And you have put me to shame among my people for a little barley and some bits of bread, sending death on souls for whom there is no cause of death, and keeping those souls living who have no right to life, by the false words you say to my people who give ear to what is false.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:29 - Your vision is to no purpose, your use of secret arts gives a false answer, to put it on the necks of evil-doers who are wounded to death, whose day has come, in the time of the last punishment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:28 - And her prophets have been using whitewash, seeing foolish visions and making false use of secret arts, saying, This is what the Lord has said, when the Lord has said nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:27 - And as for these two kings, their hearts will be fixed on doing evil and they will say false words at one table; but it will come to nothing: for the end will be at the time fixed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:13 - May trouble be theirs! for they have gone far away from me; and destruction, for they have been sinning against me; I was ready to be their saviour, but they said false words against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:1 - Ephraim's food is the wind, and he goes after the east wind: deceit and destruction are increasing day by day; they make an agreement with Assyria, and take oil into Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:4 - These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Judah, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they have given up the law of the Lord, and have not kept his rules; and their false ways, in which their fathers went, have made them go out of the right way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:13 - The rest of Israel will do no evil and say no false words; the tongue of deceit will not be seen in their mouth: for they will take their food and their rest, and no one will be a cause of fear to them.
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