Words the Bible translates as lie
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- sheqerשֶׁקֶרfalsehood: that which has no truth or reality behind it, whether a spoken lie, a betrayal in action, or a hope that comes to nothing
- keimaiκεῖμαιto lie in a settled position: to be where someone has put it, and to stay there
- pseudosψεῦδοςa lie: something untrue held out as true, whether a false word, a false life, or a counterfeit that stands in for the truth
- kazavכָּזָבa falsehood: a claim or thing that does not correspond to reality and so betrays those who rely on it
- pseudomaiψεύδομαιto lie: to say what one knows to be untrue
- kaḥashכָּחַשׁto deal falsely: to lie or deny the truth, put on a false front, or (of a thing) fail to deliver what it promised
- kazavכָּזַבto lie: to say what is untrue, or (of a thing) to prove false and let one down
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