Hebrew noun (feminine) · H4820
מִרְמָה
mirmahmeer-maw'
deceit
39 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mirmâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4820is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 12 of 39Old Testament books
- 21spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4820
fraud
The King James renders it: craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
mirmah is rendered "deceit". It stands 39 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.
- Fourteen of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 27:35But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”
- The Greek text spells it twenty-one different ways.
The first use
But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”
Genesis 27:35בְּמִרְמָ֑ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- deceit25
- and deceit5
- and deceits2
- with deceit2
- and with deceit1
- deceits1
- on deceit1
- to deceit1
- treachery1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מִרְעֶה | mireh | pasture | Uses13 |
| מִרְעִית | mirith | pasturing | Uses10 |
| מִרְמָס | mirmas | trampling | Uses7 |
| מִרְקַחַת | mirqachath | ointment | Uses3 |
| מִרְזַח | mirzach | banquet | Uses1 |
| מִרְבָּה | mirbah | much | Uses1 |
| מִרְפָּשׂ | mirpas | mud | Uses1 |
| מִרְשַׁעַת | mirshaath | wickedness | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 39, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
21 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- מִרְמָֽה׃11
- מִרְמָ֖ה3
- מִ֭רְמָה3
- מִרְמָ֣ה3
- מִרְמָ֑ה3
- בְּמִרְמָ֑ה1
- בְּמִרְמָ֖ה1
- בְּמִרְמָ֛ה1
- וּבְמִרְמָ֖ה1
- וּמִרְמָ֗ה1
- וּמִרְמָ֑ה1
- וּ֭מִרְמָה1
and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular26HNcfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular5HC/Ncfsa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular4HR/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural2HC/Ncfpa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular1HC/R/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine plural1HNcfpa
Genesis
two uses
But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”
- בְּמִרְמָ֑הbemirmahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with deceit
But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.
- בְּמִרְמָ֖הbemirmahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with deceit
2 Kings
one use
Joram turned around and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”
- מִרְמָ֥הmirmahnoun · feminine singulartagged: treachery
Job
two uses
Psalms
fourteen uses
You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
- וּמִרְמָ֗הumirmahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and deceit
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
- וּמִרְמ֣וֹתumirmotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and deceits
Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
- מִרְמָֽה׃mirmahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deceit
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
- לְמִרְמָֽה׃lemirmahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: to deceit
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
- מִרְמָֽה׃mirmahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deceit
For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
- מִ֝רְמוֹתmirmotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: deceits
The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
- וּמִרְמָ֑הumirmahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and deceit
Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
- וּ֝מִרְמ֗וֹתumirmotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and deceits
Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
- מִרְמָ֖הmirmahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deceit
You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.
- מִרְמָֽה׃mirmahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deceit
You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.
- מִרְמָֽה׃mirmahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deceit
Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.
- וּמִרְמָֽה׃umirmahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and deceit
But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
- וּ֭מִרְמָהumirmahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and deceit
For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
- מִ֭רְמָהmirmahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deceit
Proverbs
eight uses
Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
- מִ֭רְמָהmirmahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deceit
The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.
- מִרְמָֽה׃mirmahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deceit
He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.
- מִרְמָֽה׃mirmahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deceit
Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.
- מִ֭רְמָהmirmahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deceit
The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.
- מִרְמָֽה׃mirmahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deceit
A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.
- מִרְמָֽה׃mirmahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deceit
Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
- מִרְמָ֣הmirmahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deceit
A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
- מִרְמָֽה׃mirmahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deceit
Isaiah
one use
He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
- מִרְמָ֖הmirmahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deceit
Jeremiah
four uses
Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
- מִרְמָ֑הmirmahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deceit
You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.
- מִרְמָ֑הmirmahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deceit
- בְּמִרְמָ֛הbemirmahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: on deceit
Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
- מִרְמָ֣הmirmahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deceit
Daniel
two uses
Through his craft and by his hand, he will cause deceit to prosper, and in his own mind he will make himself great. In a time of peace he will destroy many, and he will even stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be broken off, but not by human hands.
- מִרְמָה֙mirmahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deceit
After an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully; for he will rise to power with only a few people.
- מִרְמָ֑הmirmahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deceit
Hosea
two uses
Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.
- וּבְמִרְמָ֖הuvemirmahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and with deceit
A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
- מִרְמָ֖הmirmahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deceit
Amos
one use
asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
- מִרְמָֽה׃mirmahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deceit
Micah
one use
Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?
- מִרְמָֽה׃mirmahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deceit
Zephaniah
one use
On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.
- וּמִרְמָֽה׃ סumirmahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and deceit
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.