שֶׁ֫קֶר (she.qer) means “deception” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: sheh'-ker Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
שֶׁ֫קֶר · she.qer · deception
1) lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood 1a) deception (what deceives or disappoints or betrays one) 1b) deceit, fraud, wrong 1b1) fraudulently, wrongfully (as adverb) 1c) falsehood (injurious in testimony) 1c1) testify falsehood, false oath, swear falsely 1d) falsity (of false or self-deceived prophets) 1e) lie, falsehood (in general) 1e1) false tongue 1f) in vain
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from H8266 (שָׁקַר); an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
KJV glosses: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, [phrase] lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| lies | 13 |
| falsely | 9 |
| a lie | 6 |
| a lying | 6 |
| false | 6 |
| falsehood | 5 |
| a false | 4 |
| deceit | 3 |
| are a fraud | 2 |
| are deceitful | 2 |
| are lying | 2 |
| deceptive | 2 |
| of deceit | 2 |
| that is a lie | 2 |
| with lies | 2 |
| without cause | 2 |
| a deception | 1 |
| a liar | 1 |
| an empty | 1 |
| and falsehood | 1 |
| but a dishonest | 1 |
| but a false | 1 |
| but a lying | 1 |
| by a lying | 1 |
| deception | 1 |
| for no reason | 1 |
| from a false | 1 |
| from lying | 1 |
| gained by fraud | 1 |
| has lying | 1 |
| illusions | 1 |
| in falsehood | 1 |
| in lies | 1 |
| in pretense | 1 |
| in vain | 1 |
| is a lie | 1 |
| is a vain hope | 1 |
| is deceptive | 1 |
| is in vain | 1 |
| is proven to be a liar | 1 |
| lying | 1 |
| may lying | 1 |
| never given | 1 |
| of lies | 1 |
| perjurers | 1 |
| the lying | 1 |
| to these lies | 1 |
| who has falsely | 1 |
| with a lie | 1 |
| with lying | 1 |
| with your lies | 1 |
| without reason | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| falsely | 13 |
| lies | 13 |
| a lie | 7 |
| false | 6 |
| falsehood | 6 |
| lying | 6 |
| a false | 4 |
| a lying | 4 |
| of falsehood | 4 |
| in vain | 3 |
| but a false | 2 |
| every false | 2 |
| in a lie | 2 |
| me wrongfully | 2 |
| of lies | 2 |
| wrongfully | 2 |
| a deceitful | 1 |
| a liar | 1 |
| a vain thing | 1 |
| against me with a lying | 1 |
| and against false | 1 |
| and be a lying | 1 |
| and falsehood | 1 |
| and i will be a lying | 1 |
| and under falsehood | 1 |
| because with lies | 1 |
| but a lying | 1 |
| but feignedly | 1 |
| by a lying | 1 |
| by their lies | 1 |
| deceitful | 1 |
| for false | 1 |
| from a false | 1 |
| from lying | 1 |
| himself of a false | 1 |
| in falsehood | 1 |
| in lies | 1 |
| in lying | 1 |
| let the lying | 1 |
| much less do lying | 1 |
| no false | 1 |
| not a lie | 1 |
| of deceit | 1 |
| of lying | 1 |
| surely in vain | 1 |
| to lies | 1 |
| unto you a false | 1 |
| vain | 1 |
| with lying | 1 |
| with me without a cause | 1 |
| ye not in lying | 1 |
Page 2 of 3. 109 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
Read word by wordFood gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.
Read word by wordMaking a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
Read word by wordLike clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
Read word by wordLike a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
Read word by wordA lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
Read word by wordIf a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
Read word by wordCharm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
Read word by wordThe head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.14
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.”
Read word by wordThe weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
Read word by wordHe feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
Read word by wordWhom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit,
Read word by wordFor your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
Read word by wordrebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.
Read word by wordYet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.
Read word by wordSurely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.
Read word by wordAlthough they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”
Read word by wordThe prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
Read word by word“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
Read word by wordDo not trust in deceptive words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’
Read word by wordBut look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.
Read word by wordWill you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
Read word by wordHow can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?
Read word by wordTherefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
Read word by word“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.2
Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.4
Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
Read word by wordThis is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.
Read word by word“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.
Read word by wordO LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
Read word by wordAnd you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon, and there you will die and be buried—you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied these lies.’”
Read word by wordAnd among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
Read word by word“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’
Read word by wordHow long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?
Read word by word“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.
Read word by wordFor they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.
Read word by wordDo not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying to you a lie.
Read word by wordFor I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”
Read word by wordThen I said to the priests and to all this people, “This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Look, very soon now the articles from the house of the LORD will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying to you a lie.
Read word by wordThen the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.
Read word by wordFor they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.
Read word by wordFor they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”
Read word by word“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,
Read word by word“That is a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!” But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officials.
Read word by wordBut Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, “Do not do such a thing! What you are saying about Ishmael is a lie.”
Read word by wordAzariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’
Read word by wordEvery man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
Read word by wordBecause you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,
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