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title: כָּזַב — lie · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כָּזַב (3576), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: lie. BDB 1906: vb. lie, be liar Niph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כָּזַב

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«כָּזַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lie** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 16 times · **Key:** 3576 · **BDB:** כָּזַב

### Glosses

I.will.lie (2); \[is\].a.liar (1); he.tells.lies (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lie [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3576/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. lie, be liar Niph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3576/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. lie, be a liar (Arabic كَذَبَ Aramaic כְּדַב ܟܕܰܒ id. chiefly Pa.; NH כָּזַב)— Pt. כָּל־הָאָדָם כֹּזֵב ψ 116:11 (cf. כָּזָב 62:10). Pf. 3 fs. תֹּחַלְתּוֹ נִכְזָ֑בָה Jb 41:1 his hope has been made deceptive, i.e. been shewn to be so; 2 ms. consec. וְנִכְזָ֑בְתָּ Pr 30:6 lest he convict thee and thou be proved a liar. Pf. 3 ms. כִּזֵּב Mi 2:11; Impf. 3 ms. יְכַזֵּב Hb 2:3 Pr 14:5; וִיכַזֵּב Nu 23:19, etc.; Inf. cstr. sf. (בְּ)כַזֶּבְכֶם Ez 13:19;— lie, tell a lie, abs., Nu 23:19 (JE), Mi 2:11 Jb 6:28; 34:6 Pr 14:5 Is 57:11; sq. לְ pers. lie to Ez 13:19 ψ 78:36; 89:36; sq. בְּ pers. tell a lie with, i.e. in intercourse, converstion with 2 K 4:16. disappoint, fail, of a divine revelation Hb 2:3; waters of a spring Is 58:11. Impf. 3 ms. sf. יַכְזִיבֵנִי Jb 24:25 who will make me a liar? i.e. prove me to be so (cf. Niph.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כָּזַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3576/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 34:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.34.6/)

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עַל־מִשְׁפָּטִ֥י אֲכַזֵּ֑ב אָנ֖וּשׁ חִצִּ֣י בְלִי־פָֽשַׁע׃

*Word for word:* on right my will.I.lie? \[is\].incurable arrow my not transgression

*JPS 1917:* Notwithstanding my right I am accounted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.'

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[Psalms 89:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.36/)

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אַ֭חַת נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּי בְקָדְשִׁ֑י אִֽם־לְדָוִ֥ד אֲכַזֵּֽב׃

*Word for word:* one.\[time\] I.have.sworn.an.oath by holiness my if to David I.will.lie

*JPS 1917:* Once have I sworn by My holiness: Surely I will not be false unto David;

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