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Lexicon :: Strong's H8267 - šeqer

Aa
שֶׁקֶר
Transliteration
šeqer
Pronunciation
sheh'-ker
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2461a

Strong’s Definitions

שֶׁקֶר sheqer, sheh'-ker; from H8266; an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial):—without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 113x

The KJV translates Strong's H8267 in the following manner: lie (28x), lying (21x), false (20x), falsehood (13x), falsely (13x), vain (5x), wrongfully (4x), deceitful (2x), deceit (1x), liar (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 113x
The KJV translates Strong's H8267 in the following manner: lie (28x), lying (21x), false (20x), falsehood (13x), falsely (13x), vain (5x), wrongfully (4x), deceitful (2x), deceit (1x), liar (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

  1. lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood

    1. deception (what deceives or disappoints or betrays one)

    2. deceit, fraud, wrong

      1. fraudulently, wrongfully (as adverb)

    3. falsehood (injurious in testimony)

      1. testify falsehood, false oath, swear falsely

    4. falsity (of false or self-deceived prophets)

    5. lie, falsehood (in general)

      1. false tongue

    6. in vain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֶׁקֶר sheqer, sheh'-ker; from H8266; an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial):—without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
STRONGS H8267: Abbreviations
שֶׁ֫קֶר 113 noun masculine deception, disappointment, falsehood; — שׁ׳ Exodus 23:7 + 64 times; שָׁ֑קֶר Exodus 5:9 + 42 times; plural שְׁקָרִים Psalm 101:7 + 3 times; suffix שִׁקְרֵיהֶם Jeremiah 23:22; —
1. deception, what deceives, disappoints, and betrays one : a molten image Jeremiah 10:14 = Jeremiah 51:17; gift Proverbs 25:14; grace of person Proverbs 31:30, etc.; אֹ֫רַח שׁ׳ Psalm 119:104; Psalm 119:128; דֶּ֫רֶח שׁ׳ Psalm 119:29; בטח בשׁ׳ Jeremiah 13:25; נחל שׁ׳ Jeremiah 16:19, compare also Psalm 7:15; Psalm 33:17; Psalm 119:118; Isaiah 28:15; לַשֶּׁקֶר for disappointment, in vain 1 Samuel 25:21; Jeremiah 3:23.
2. deceit, fraud, wrong : עשׂה (ל) שׁ׳ do or practise fraud, wrong Hosea 7:1; Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 8:8, 10; with בְ, 2 Samuel 18:13; שׁ׳פְּצֻלַּת Proverbs 11:18; לֶ֫חֶם שׁ׳ Proverbs 20:17 food got by fraud; זֶ֫רע שׁ׳ Isaiah 57:4; עֵט שׁ׳ Jeremiah 8:8; ילד שׁ׳ Psalm 7:15 (|| עמל); דרךְ לשׁון קשׁת שׁ׳ Jeremiah 9:2; בְּשׁ׳ Jeremiah 3:10 (|| בגד), adverb שׁקד fraudulently, wrongfully Psalm 35:19; Psalm 38:20; Psalm 69:5; Psalm 119:78; Psalm 119:86.
3. injurious falsehood, in testimony, especially in courts : עַד שֶׁקֶר Exodus 20:16 (E) Deuteronomy 19:18; Psalm 27:12; Proverbs 6:19; Proverbs 14:5; Proverbs 25:18; עֵד שׁקרים Proverbs 12:17; Proverbs 19:5, 9; ענה שׁ׳ Deuteronomy 19:18 testify falsehood; שְׁבֻעַת שׁ׳ Ze Deuteronomy 8:17 false oath; נשׁבע לשׁ׳ swear falsely Jeremiah 5:2 + 5 times; נשׁבע על שׁ׳ Leviticus 5:22; דבּר שׁ׳ Micah 6:12 + (see [דָּבַר], דָּבָר); אִמְרֵ י שׁ׳ Isaiah 32:7; שׂפת(י) שׁ׳ Psalm 31:19; Psalm 120:2; Proverbs 10:18; Proverbs 17:7; טפל שׁ׳ Job 13:4; Psalm 119:69, compare Psalm 119:163; absolute false ! 2 Kings 9:12; Jeremiah 37:14.
4. falsity, of false or self-deceived prophets: נכּא שׁ׳ prophesy falsely Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 23:25, 26; Jeremiah 29:21; + ל person Jeremiah 27:10; Jeremiah 20:14, 16; לַשּׁ׳ נ׳ Jeremiah 20:15; בשׁ׳ נ׳ Jeremiah 5:31; Jeremiah 20:6; Jeremiah 29:9; מוֺרֶה שׁ׳ Isaiah 9:14; Habakkuk 2:18; חזה שׁ׳ Zechariah 10:2; חֲזוֺן שׁ׳ Jeremiah 14:14, etc., (+ 12 times); רוּח שׁ׳.
5. lie, falsehood, in general: דבר שׁ׳ Psalm 101:7 (|| רְמִיָּה); דְּבַר שׁ׳ Proverbs 13:5; of מִלִּים Job 36:4; לְשׁוֺן שׁ׳ false tongue Proverbs 6:17; Proverbs 12:19; Proverbs 21:6; Proverbs 26:28; Psalm 109:2; of lips Proverbs 12:22; אִישׁ שׁ׳ Proverbs 17:4 liar.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

5:9; 20:16; 23:7

Deuteronomy

8:17; 19:18; 19:18

1 Samuel

25:21

2 Samuel

18:13

2 Kings

9:12

Job

13:4; 36:4

Psalms

7:15; 7:15; 27:12; 31:19; 33:17; 35:19; 38:20; 69:5; 101:7; 101:7; 109:2; 119:29; 119:69; 119:78; 119:86; 119:104; 119:118; 119:128; 119:163; 120:2

Proverbs

6:17; 6:19; 10:18; 11:18; 12:17; 12:19; 12:22; 13:5; 14:5; 17:4; 17:7; 19:5; 19:9; 20:17; 21:6; 25:14; 25:18; 26:28; 31:30

Isaiah

9:14; 28:15; 32:7; 57:4

Jeremiah

3:10; 3:23; 5:2; 5:31; 6:13; 8:8; 8:8; 8:10; 9:2; 10:14; 13:25; 14:14; 14:14; 16:19; 20:6; 20:14; 20:15; 20:16; 23:22; 23:25; 23:26; 27:10; 29:9; 29:21; 37:14; 51:17

Hosea

7:1

Micah

6:12

Habakkuk

2:18

Zechariah

10:2

H8267

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Strong's Number H8267 matches the Hebrew שֶׁקֶר (šeqer),
which occurs 113 times in 109 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Pro 19:9–Eze 13:22)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:9 - A false H8267 witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:17 - Bread of deceit H8267 is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 - The getting of treasures by a lying H8267 tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:14 - Whoso boasteth himself of a false H8267 gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:18 - A man that beareth false H8267 witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:28 - A lying H8267 tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:12 - If a ruler hearken to lies, H8267 all his servants are wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:30 - Favour is deceitful, H8267 and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:15 - The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, H8267 he is the tail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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 unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood H8267 have we hid ourselves:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:7 - The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying H8267 words, even when the needy speaketh right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:20 - He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie H8267 in my right hand?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:4 - Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood, H8267

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:3 - For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, H8267 your tongue hath muttered perverseness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:13 - In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. H8267

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:10 - And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, H8267 saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:23 - Truly in vain H8267 is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:2 - And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely. H8267

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:31 - The prophets prophesy falsely, H8267 and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:13 - For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. H8267

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:4 - Trust ye not in lying H8267 words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:8 - Behold, ye trust in lying H8267 words, that cannot profit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:9 - Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, H8267 and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:8 - How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain H8267 made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. H8267

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:10 - Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. H8267

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:3 - And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: H8267 but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:5 - And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, H8267 and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:14 - Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, H8267 and there is no breath in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:25 - This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood. H8267

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:14 - Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies H8267 in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false H8267 vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19 - O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, H8267 vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:6 - And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies. H8267

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:14 - I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: H8267 they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:25 - I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies H8267 in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:26 - How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? H8267 yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:32 - Behold, I am against them that prophesy false H8267 dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, H8267 and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:10 - For they prophesy a lie H8267 unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:14 - Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie H8267 unto you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:15 - For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie H8267 in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:16 - Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD'S house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie H8267 unto you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:15 - Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie. H8267

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:9 - For they prophesy falsely H8267 unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:21 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie H8267 unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:23 - Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying H8267 words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:31 - Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie: H8267

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:14 - Then said Jeremiah, It is false; H8267 I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:16 - But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely H8267 of Ishmael.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:2 - Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: H8267 the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:17 - Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, H8267 and there is no breath in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:22 - Because with lies H8267 ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:

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