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title: אַכְזָב — deceptive · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַכְזָב (391), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: deceptive. BDB 1906: adj. deceptive, disappointing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַכְזָב

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«אַכְזָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **deceptive** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 391 · **BDB:** אַכְזָב²

### Glosses

a.deceitful.thing (1); become\].(into).a.deceitful.thing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

deceptive [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/391/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. deceptive, disappointing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/391/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. deceptive, disappointing (elative; opp. אֵיתָן q.v. sub יתן)—only abs. sg.:—Mi 1:14 (with play on n.pr. אַכְזִיב); of a deceptive, disappointing stream (cf. Is 58:11) Je 15:18 (‖ מַיִם לֹא נֶאְמָ֑נוּ; on meaning cf. Jb 6:15 ff.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַכְזָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/391/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Micah 1:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.1.14/)

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לָכֵן֙ תִּתְּנִ֣י שִׁלּוּחִ֔ים עַ֖ל מוֹרֶ֣שֶׁת גַּ֑ת מוֹרֶ֣שֶׁת גַּ֑ת בָּתֵּ֤י אַכְזִיב֙ לְאַכְזָ֔ב לְמַלְכֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* therefore you.will.give parting.gifts to Moresheth Gath the.houses of.Aczib \[will become\].(into).a.deceitful.thing to the.kings of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* Therefore shalt thou give a parting gift to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib shall be a deceitful thing unto the kings of Israel.

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[Jeremiah 15:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.15.18/)

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לָ֣מָּה הָיָ֤ה כְאֵבִי֙ נֶ֔צַח וּמַכָּתִ֖י אֲנוּשָׁ֑ה֙ מֵֽאֲנָה֙ הֵֽרָפֵ֔א הָי֨וֹ תִֽהְיֶ֥ה לִי֙ כְּמ֣וֹ אַכְזָ֔ב מַ֖יִם לֹ֥א נֶאֱמָֽנוּ׃ס

*Word for word:* why? is.it pain my perpetuity and wound my incurable it.has.refused to.be.healed surely.(be) you.are to me like a.deceitful.thing waters \[which\].not they.are.reliable

*JPS 1917:* Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, so that it refuseth to be healed? Wilt Thou indeed be unto me as a deceitful brook, as waters that fail?

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