Lexical Summary kazab: a lie, falsehood, deceptive thing Original Word: כָּזָבTransliteration: kazab Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-zawb') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a lie, falsehood, deceptive thing Meaning: a lie, falsehood, deceptive thing Strong's Concordance deceitful, false, leasing, liar, lie, lying From kazab; falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol) -- deceitful, false, leasing, + liar, lie, lying. see HEBREW kazab Brown-Driver-Briggs H3577. kazab כָּזָב noun masculineAmos 2:4 lie, falsehood, deceptive thing; — absolute ׳כ Hosea 12:2 19t.; plural absolute כְּזָבִים Judges 16:10 9t.; 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; 58:4, so Ezekiel 13:8 Co (by transposing ׳כ with שָׁוְא, compare 13:6; 13:7; 13:9); with יָפִיחַ (in Proverbs) Proverbs 6:19; 14:5, 25; 19:5, 9; of false prophecies (divinations) with כ ׳מִקְסַם אָמַר, Ezekiel 13:7; with קָסַם 13:9; Ezekiel 21:34; 22:28 + 13:6 ᵐ5 Co (כ ׳קָסוֺם, for כ ׳קֶסֶם ᵑ0); with שָׁמַע 13:19, בִּקֵּשׁ Psalm 4:3; with רָצָה delight in 62:5; so in the phrase ׳דְּבַרכֿ Proverbs 30:8, כ ׳אִישׁ 19:22 = liar, כְּזָבִים עֵד 21:28 = false witness; of idols. as a lie (res ementita) Amos 2:4, so probably כ ׳שָׂטֵי those turning aside to a lie Psalm 40:5 (compare שֶׁקֶר הֶבֶל, אֱלִיל, אָוֶן,); then of empty human pretensions ׳כ יַרְבֶּה וָשֹׁד Hosea 12:2; Isaiah 28:15 ("" שֶׁקֶר), 28:17 (כ ׳מַחְסֵה), Psalm 62:10 ("" הֶבֶל; compare כֹּזֵב 116:11); כְּזָבִים לֶחֶם Proverbs 23:3 = deceptive (disappointing) bread. |