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title: שֶׁקֶר — deception · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֶׁקֶר (8267), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 113 times: deception. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֶׁקֶר

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«שֶׁקֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **deception** — 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:** 113 times · **Key:** 8267 · **BDB:** שֶׁ֫קֶר

### Glosses

falsehood (50); of.falsehood (37); deception (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

deception [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8267/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8267/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. deception, disappointment, falsehood;—שׁ׳ Ex 23:7 + 64 times; שָׁ֑קֶר Ex 5:9 + 42 times; pl. שְׁקָרִים ψ 101:7 + 3 times; sf. שִׁקְרֵיהֶם Je 23:32;— deception,what deceives, disappoints, and betrays one: a molten image Je 10:14 = 51:17; gift Pr 25:14; grace of person 31:30, etc.; אֹ֫רַח שׁ׳ ψ 119:104, 128; דֶּ֫רֶךְ שׁ׳ v 29; בטח בשׁ׳ Je 13:25; נחל שׁ׳ 16:19, cf. also ψ 7:15; 33:17; 119:118; Is 28:15; לַשֶּׁקֶר for disappointment, in vain 1 S 25:21; Je 3:23. deceit, fraud, wrong: (ל)שׁ׳ עשׂה do or practise fraud, wrong Ho 7:1; Je 6:13; 8:9, 10; c. בְ, 2 S 18:13; פְּעֻלַּת שׁ׳ Pr 11:18; לֶ֫חֶם שׁ׳ Pr 20:17 food got by fraud; זֶ֫רַע שׁ׳ Is 57:4; עֵט שׁ׳ Je 8:8; ילד שׁ׳ ψ 7:15 (‖ עמל); דרךְ לשׁון קשׁת שׁ׳ Je 9:2; בְּשׁ׳ 3:10 (‖ בגד), adv. שׁקר fraudulently, wrongfully ψ 35:19; 38:20; 69:5; 119:78, 86. injurious falsehood, in testimony, especially in courts: עֵד שֶׁקֶר Ex 20:16 (E) Dt 19:18 ψ 27:12 Pr 6:19; 14:5; 25:18; עֵד שׁקרים 12:17; 19:5, 9; ענה שׁ׳ Dt 19:18 testify falsehood; שְׁבֻעַת שׁ׳ Zc 8:17 false oath; נשׁבע לשׁ׳ swear falsely Je 5:2 + 5 times; נשׁבע על שׁ׳ Lv 5:22; דבּר שׁ׳ Mi 6:12 + (v. \[דָּבַר\], דָּבָר); אִמְרֵי שׁ׳ Is 32:7; שׁ׳ שׂפת(י) ψ 31:19; 120:2; Pr 10:18; 17:7; טפל שׁ׳ Jb 13:4 ψ 119:69, cf. v 163; abs. false! 2 K 9:12 Je 37:14. falsity, of false or self-deceived prophets: נבּא שׁ׳ prophesy falsely Je 14:14; 23:25, 26; 29:21; + ל pers. 27:10, 14, 16; נ׳ לַשּׁ׳ v 15; נ׳ בשׁ׳ 5:31; 20:6; 29:9; מוֹרֶה שׁ׳ Is 9:14 Hb 2:18; חזה שׁ׳ Zc 10:2; חֲזוֹן שׁ׳ Je 14:14, etc., (+ 12 times); רוּחַ שׁ׳ v. p. 925 b. lie, falsehood, in gen.: דבר שּׁ׳ ψ 101:7 (‖ רְמִיָּה); דְּבַר שׁ׳ Pr 13:5; of מִלִּים Jb 36:4; לְשׁוֹן שׁ׳ false tongue Pr 6:17; 12:19; 21:6; 26:28; ψ 109:2; of lips Pr 12:22; אִישׁ שׁ׳ 17:4 liar.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 79 of its verses cited, 0 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 (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֶׁקֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8267/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 20:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.20.16/)

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לֹֽא־תַעֲנֶ֥ה בְרֵעֲךָ֖ עֵ֥ד שָֽׁקֶר׃ס

*Word for word:* not you.must.testify against neighbor your testimony of.falsehood

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

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[Psalms 119:163](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.163/)

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שֶׁ֣קֶר שָׂ֭נֵאתִי וַאֲתַעֵ֑בָה תּוֹרָתְךָ֥ אָהָֽבְתִּי׃

*Word for word:* falsehood I.hate and I.abhor law your I.love

*JPS 1917:* I hate and abhor falsehood; Thy law do I love.

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