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ka.zav H3577

כָּזָב (ka.zav) means “lie” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

כָּזָב Hebrew · H3577 31 tagged occurrences in 31 verses

Pronunciation guide: kaw-zawb' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3577

כָּזָב · ka.zav · lie

a lie, untruth, falsehood, deceptive thing

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H3576 (כָּזַב); falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)

KJV glosses: deceitful, false, leasing, + liar, lie, lying.

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How translators render H3577

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
lies 11
a lying 2
and lying 2
and speak lying 2
a liar 1
and deceitful 1
are but a lie 1
by the lies 1
false visions 1
in lies 1
into falsehood 1
is deceptive 1
of lies 1
who gives false 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
lies 14
a lie 2
me lies 2
a false 1
a liar 1
a lying 1
after leasing 1
and lies 1
and lying 1
and their lies 1
deceitful 1
in lies 1
leasing 1
of lies 1
to lies 1
will not lie 1

Verses containing H3577

Page 1 of 1. 31 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Judges 16:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up.”

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  2. Judges 16:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”

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  3. Psalms 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah

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    Source alternate reference: 4.3

  4. Psalms 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.

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    Source alternate reference: 5.7

  5. Psalms 40:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.

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    Source alternate reference: 40.5

  6. Psalms 58:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.

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    Source alternate reference: 58.4

  7. Psalms 62:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah

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    Source alternate reference: 62.5

  8. Psalms 62:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.

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    Source alternate reference: 62.10

  9. Proverbs 6:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

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  10. Proverbs 14:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.

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  11. Proverbs 14:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.

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  12. Proverbs 19:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.

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  13. Proverbs 19:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.

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  14. Proverbs 19:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.

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  15. Proverbs 21:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.

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  16. Proverbs 23:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

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  17. Proverbs 30:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.

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  18. Isaiah 28:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”

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  19. Isaiah 28:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.

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  20. Ezekiel 13:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.

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  21. Ezekiel 13:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken?

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  22. Ezekiel 13:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.

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  23. Ezekiel 13:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.

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  24. Ezekiel 13:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.

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  25. Ezekiel 21:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you—to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.

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    Source alternate reference: 21.34

  26. Ezekiel 22:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.

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  27. Daniel 11:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time.

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  28. Hosea 7:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.

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  29. Hosea 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

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    Source alternate reference: 12.2

  30. Amos 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.

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  31. Zephaniah 3:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”

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