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 3 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.
When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.
Read word by wordIf a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!
Read word by wordFor the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
Read word by wordWhat use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
Read word by wordI will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”
Read word by worddo not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD.
Read word by wordFor idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
Read word by wordAnd if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.
Read word by word“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
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