Word Study · Strong's H3577 · Hebrew
כָּזָב
kazab
kaw-zawb'
Strong's 1890 spelling: kâzâb
“falsehood”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)
Rendered in the KJV as
deceitful, false, leasing, + liar, lie, lying.
- 31occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 9 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 23inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 31 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 23
- כָּזָ֑ב3
- כָ֫זָ֥ב2
- כָזָ֔ב2
- כָזָֽב׃2
- כְּ֝זָבִ֗ים2
- כְּזָבִ֣ים2
- כְּזָבִֽים׃2
- כָזָ֣ב1
- כָזָ֛ב1
- כָּזָ֪ב1
- כָּזָ֡ב1
- כָּזָ֔ב1
and 11 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 5
- falsehood16
- lies10
- of falsehood3
- [are] falsehood1
- lies their1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · masculine singular20
- noun · masculine plural10
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 20
- HNcmpa · 10
- HNcmpc/Sp3mp · 1
All 31, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Proverbs carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 16:10כְּזָבִ֑יםkezavimnoun · masculine pluralThen Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up.”here: lies
- Judges 16:13כְּזָבִ֔יםkezavimnoun · masculine pluralThen Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”here: lies
Psalms6 occurrences
- Psalms 4:2כָזָ֣בkhazavnoun · masculine singularHow long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selahhere: falsehood
- Psalms 5:6כָ֫זָ֥בkhazavnoun · masculine singularYou destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.here: of falsehood
- Psalms 40:4כָזָֽב׃khazavnoun · masculine singularBlessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.here: falsehood
- Psalms 58:3כָזָֽב׃khazavnoun · masculine singularThe wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.here: of falsehood
- Psalms 62:4כָ֫זָ֥בkhazavnoun · masculine singularThey fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selahhere: falsehood
- Psalms 62:9כָּזָ֪בkazavnoun · masculine singularLowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.here: [are] falsehood
Proverbs9 occurrences
- Proverbs 6:19כְּ֭זָבִיםkezavimnoun · masculine plurala false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.here: lies
- Proverbs 14:5כְּ֝זָבִ֗יםkezavimnoun · masculine pluralAn honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.here: lies
- Proverbs 14:25כְּזָבִ֣יםkezavimnoun · masculine pluralA truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.here: lies
- Proverbs 19:5כְּ֝זָבִ֗יםkezavimnoun · masculine pluralA false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.here: lies
- Proverbs 19:9כְּזָבִ֣יםkezavimnoun · masculine pluralA false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.here: lies
- Proverbs 19:22כָּזָֽב׃kazavnoun · masculine singularThe desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.here: falsehood
- Proverbs 21:28כְּזָבִ֥יםkezavimnoun · masculine pluralA lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.here: lies
- Proverbs 23:3כְּזָבִֽים׃kezavimnoun · masculine pluralDo not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.here: lies
- Proverbs 30:8כָּזָ֡בkazavnoun · masculine singularKeep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.here: falsehood
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 28:15כָזָ֛בkhazavnoun · masculine singularFor you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”here: falsehood
- Isaiah 28:17כָזָ֔בkhazavnoun · masculine singularI will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.here: falsehood
Ezekiel7 occurrences
- Ezekiel 13:6כָּזָ֔בkazavnoun · masculine singularThey see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.here: falsehood
- Ezekiel 13:7כָּזָ֖בkazavnoun · masculine singularHaven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken?here: falsehood
- Ezekiel 13:8כָּזָ֑בkazavnoun · masculine singularTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.here: falsehood
- Ezekiel 13:9כָּזָב֒kazavnoun · masculine singularMy hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.here: falsehood
- Ezekiel 13:19כָזָֽב׃ סkhazavnoun · masculine singularYou have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.here: of falsehood
- Ezekiel 21:29כָּזָ֑בkazavnoun · masculine singularwhile they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you— to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.here: falsehood
- Ezekiel 22:28כָּזָ֑בkazavnoun · masculine singularHer prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.here: falsehood
Hosea2 occurrences
- Hosea 7:13כְּזָבִֽים׃kezavimnoun · masculine pluralWoe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.here: lies
- Hosea 12:1כָּזָ֥בkazavnoun · masculine singularEphraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.here: falsehood