International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
BELIEbe-li': Is the translation of kachash, "to be untrue" (Jeremiah 5:12), "They have belied the Lord" (the American Standard Revised Version "denied Yahweh"), here used as synonym of "give the lie to."
In The Wisdom of Solomon 1:11 "belle" translates katapseudomai (the kata prefix referring to the kata in katalalia in the same verse), "A mouth that belieth destroyeth a soul."
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
v.) To give a false representation; misrepresent; to show to be false; as, his wayward glance belied the truth of his testimony.
2. (v.) To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood.
3. (v.) To tell lie about; to calumniate; to slander.
4. (v.) To mimic; to counterfeit.
5. (v.) To fill with lies.
Strong's Hebrew
3584. kachash -- to disappoint, deceive, fail, grow lean... pretend obedience (2), submit (1). deceive, deny, dissemble, fail, deal falsely,
be found liars,
belie, lying,. A primitive root; to
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