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Lexicon :: Strong's H3577 - kāzāḇ

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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 Box Psa 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:2 - How long, O you sons of men,
Will you turn my glory to shame?
How long will you love worthlessness
And seek falsehood? Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:6 - You shall destroy those who speak falsehood;
The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:4 - Blessed is that man who makes the LORD his trust,
And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:3 - The wicked are estranged from the womb;
They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:4 - They only consult to cast him down from his high position;
They delight in lies;
They bless with their mouth,
But they curse inwardly. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9 - Surely men of low degree are a vapor,
Men of high degree are a lie;
If they are weighed on the scales,
They are altogether lighter than vapor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:19 - A false witness who speaks lies,
And one who sows discord among brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:5 - A faithful witness does not lie,
But a false witness will utter lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:25 - A true witness delivers souls,
But a deceitful witness speaks lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:5 - A false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who speaks lies will not escape.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:9 - A false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who speaks lies shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:22 - What is desired in a man is kindness,
And a poor man is better than a liar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:28 - A false witness shall perish,
But the man who hears him will speak endlessly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:3 - Do not desire his delicacies,
For they are deceptive food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:8 - Remove falsehood and lies far from me;
Give me neither poverty nor riches—
Feed me with the food allotted to me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:15 - Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
And with Sheol we are in agreement.
When the overflowing scourge passes through,
It will not come to us,
For we have made lies our refuge,
And under falsehood we have hidden ourselves.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:17 - Also I will make justice the measuring line,
And righteousness the plummet;
The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
And the waters will overflow the hiding place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:6 - “They have envisioned futility and false divination, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD!’ But the LORD has not sent them; yet they hope that the word may be confirmed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:7 - “Have you not seen a futile vision, and have you not spoken false divination? You say, ‘The LORD says,’ but I have not spoken.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:8 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “Because you have spoken nonsense and envisioned lies, therefore I am indeed against you,” says the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:9 - “My hand will be against the prophets who envision futility and who divine lies; they shall not be in the assembly of My people, nor be written in the record of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter into the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:19 - “And will you profane Me among My people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, killing people who should not die, and keeping people alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:29 - While they see false visions for you,
While they divine a lie to you,
To bring you on the necks of the wicked, the slain
Whose day has come,
Whose iniquity shall end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:28 - “Her prophets plastered them with untempered mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD,’ when the LORD had not spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:27 - “Both these kings’ hearts shall be bent on evil, and they shall speak lies at the same table; but it shall not prosper, for the end will still be at the appointed time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:13 - “Woe to them, for they have fled from Me!
Destruction to them,
Because they have transgressed against Me!
Though I redeemed them,
Yet they have spoken lies against Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:1 - “Ephraim feeds on the wind,
And pursues the east wind;
He daily increases lies and desolation.
Also they make a covenant with the Assyrians,
And oil is carried to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:4 - Thus says the LORD:

“For three transgressions of Judah, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because they have despised the law of the LORD,
And have not kept His commandments.
Their lies lead them astray,
Lies which their fathers followed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:13 - The remnant of Israel shall do no unrighteousness
And speak no lies,
Nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth;
For they shall feed their flocks and lie down,
And no one shall make them afraid.”
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