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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #8267 - שֶׁקֶר

Transliteration

sheqer

Phonetics

sheh'-ker

Origin

from (H8266)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

2461a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood
1. deception (what deceives or disappoints or betrays one)
2. deceit, fraud, wrong
  1. fraudulently, wrongfully (as adverb)
3. falsehood (injurious in testimony)
  1. testify falsehood, false oath, swear falsely
4. falsity (of false or self-deceived prophets)
5. lie, falsehood (in general)
  1. false tongue
6. in vain

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 93 ‑ ἀδικία (ad‑ee‑kee'‑ah); 94 ‑ ἄδικος (ad'‑ee‑kos); 95 ‑ ἀδίκως (ad‑ee'‑koce); 458 ‑ ἀνομία (an‑om‑ee'‑ah); 459 ‑ ἄνομος (an'‑om‑os); 1386 ‑ δόλιος (dol'‑ee‑os); 2756 ‑ κενός (ken‑os'); 3155 ‑ μάτην (mat'‑ane); 5571 ‑ ψευδής (psyoo‑dace'); 5579 ‑ ψεῦδος (psyoo'‑dos);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (111)

Exodus 3

Leviticus 4

Deuteronomy 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 2

Job 2

Psalms 22

Proverbs 17

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 37

Ezekiel 1

Hosea 1

Micah 2

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 4

Malachi 1

BSB (104)

Exodus 3

Leviticus 3

Deuteronomy 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 2

Job 2

Psalms 22

Proverbs 20

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 37

Ezekiel 1

Hosea 1

Micah 2

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 4

Malachi 1

CSB (84)

Exodus 3

Leviticus 3

Deuteronomy 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 2

Job 2

Psalms 22

Proverbs 20

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 37

Ezekiel 1

Hosea 1

Micah 2

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 4

Malachi 1

ESV (109)

Exodus 3

Leviticus 3

Deuteronomy 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 2

Job 2

Psalms 22

Proverbs 20

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 37

Ezekiel 1

Hosea 1

Micah 2

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 4

Malachi 1

KJV (113)

Exodus 3

Leviticus 3

Deuteronomy 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 2

Job 2

Psalms 22

Proverbs 20

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 37

Ezekiel 1

Hosea 1

Micah 2

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 4

Malachi 1

LEB (111)

Exodus 3

Leviticus 2

Deuteronomy 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 2

Job 2

Psalms 21

Proverbs 20

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 37

Ezekiel 1

Hosea 1

Micah 2

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 4

Malachi 1

LSB (115)

Exodus 3

Leviticus 3

Deuteronomy 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 2

Job 2

Psalms 23

Proverbs 20

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 37

Ezekiel 1

Hosea 1

Micah 2

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 5

Malachi 1

N95 (90)

Exodus 3

Leviticus 3

Deuteronomy 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 2

Job 2

Proverbs 20

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 37

Ezekiel 1

Hosea 1

Micah 2

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 4

Malachi 1

NAS (112)

Exodus 3

Leviticus 3

Deuteronomy 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 2

Job 2

Psalms 23

Proverbs 20

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 37

Ezekiel 1

Hosea 1

Micah 2

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 5

Malachi 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (112)

Exodus 3

Leviticus 4

Deuteronomy 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 2

Job 2

Psalms 22

Proverbs 18

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 37

Ezekiel 1

Hosea 1

Micah 2

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 4

Malachi 1

ASV (111)

a false 3

a lie 4

a lie unto you 2

a lying 4

and against the false 1

and deal falsely 1

and lying 1

and under falsehood 1

and will be a lying 2

are not false 1

be a false 1

because with lies 1

but a false 2

but a lying 1

but feignedly 1

by a lying 1

by their lies 1

deceitful 1

every false 2

false 2

falsehood 4

falsely 18

for false 1

for falsehood 1

from a false 1

from lying 1

in a lie 2

in falsehood 1

in lies 1

in lying 1

in vain 1

is a vain thing 1

is deceitful 1

is falsehood 3

is of lying 1

is there not a lie 1

it is false 2

let the lying 1

lies 9

lying 3

me wrongfully 3

much less do lying 1

no false 1

nought but lies 1

of falsehood 7

of lies 2

surely in vain 1

the false 1

to a lie 1

unto me with a lying 1

unto you a lying 1

with lying 1

wrongfully 2

ye not in lying 1

BSB (104)

a deception 1

a false 4

a liar 1

a lie 6

a lying 6

an empty 1

and falsehood 1

are a fraud 1

are a lie 1

are deceitful 2

are lying 2

but a dishonest 1

but a false 1

but a lying 1

by a lying 1

deceit 3

deception 1

deceptive 2

false 6

falsehood 5

falsely 9

for no reason 1

from a false 1

from lying 1

gained by fraud 1

has lying 1

illusions 1

in falsehood 1

in lies 1

in pretense 1

in vain 1

is a lie 1

is a vain hope 1

is deceptive 1

is in vain 1

is proven to be a liar 1

lies 13

lying 1

may lying 1

me with lies 1

me with lying 1

never given 1

of deceit 2

of lies 1

perjurers 1

that is a lie 2

the lying 1

to these lies 1

who has falsely 1

with a lie 1

with lies 1

with your lies 1

without cause 2

without reason 1

CSB (84)

a lie 4

are deceptive 2

behind treachery 1

by fraud 1

deceitful 3

deceptive 2

dishonest 1

false 8

falsehood 4

falsehoods 1

falsely 13

for no reason 1

hope 1

liar 2

lie 13

lies 6

lying 10

nothing 1

of deceit 1

of liars 1

of lies 1

pretense 1

that does not exist 1

the lying 1

with lies 4

ESV (109)

deceit 2

deceitful 1

deceptive 3

delusion 1

false 18

false hope 1

falsehood 7

falsely 16

give 1

liar 1

lie 11

lies 20

lying 20

pretense 1

treacherously 1

true 1

vain 2

wrongfully 2

KJV (113)

cause 1

deceit 1

deceitful 2

false 20

falsehood 13

falsely 13

feignedly 1

liar 1

lie 10

lies 19

lying 22

thing 1

vain 5

wrongfully 4

LEB (111)

⌊a false 1

⌊deceitful 1

⌊deceptive 1

⌊falsely 1

⌊falsely⌋ 8

⌊in vain⌋ 1

⌊the deceitful 1

⌊the lying 1

a ⌊false 1

a false 3

a lie 8

a lie to you 2

a lying 2

an illusion 2

and the liar 1

by a lying 1

by deception 1

deceit 6

deception 9

false 4

falsehood 7

falsely 2

for falsehood 1

gained by deceit 1

in falsehood 1

in lies 1

in pretense 1

in the lie 1

is ⌊false 1

is a breach of faith 1

is a false 3

is a false hope 1

is a lie 1

is an illusion 1

is deceit 1

it a lie 1

liar 1

lies 13

lies⌋ 1

lying 2

me deceitfully 1

me the deceptive 1

me with a lying 1

me wrongfully 1

that is a lie 1

through their lies 1

to you a lie 1

to you a lying 1

treacherously against his life 1

with a false 1

with lies 2

wrongfully 1

wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me 1

LSB (115)

deceitful 1

deceptive 1

false 17

falsehood 5

falsely 10

hope 1

liar 1

lie 23

lies 12

lying 39

treacherously 1

visions 1

wrongfully 3

N95 (90)

deceit 2

deceitful 3

deceiving 4

deception 3

deceptive 3

false 13

falsehood 13

falsehoods 1

falsely 19

liar 1

lie 11

lies 4

lying 10

treacherously 1

vain 1

visions 1

NAS (112)

deceit 4

deceitful 3

deceiving 4

deception 4

deceptive 3

false 19

falsehood 12

falsely 18

hope 1

illusion 1

liar 1

lie 15

lies 10

lying 12

nothing 1

treacherously 1

useless 1

wrongfully 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (112)

a false 3

a liar 1

a lie 4

a lie to you 2

a lying 4

and against the 1

and dealt falsely 1

and will be a lying 2

are not false 1

because with lies 1

but a false 2

but a lying 1

but only in pretense 1

by a lying 1

by their lies 1

deceitful 1

deceptively 1

every false 2

false 2

falsehood 4

falsely 17

for false 1

for falsehood 1

fraudulent 1

from a false 1

from lying 1

has lying 1

in a lie 2

in falsehood 1

in lies 1

in lying 2

in vain 1

is a false 1

is a vain thing 1

is deceitful 1

is falsehood 2

is in vain 1

it is false 1

let the lying 1

lies 9

lying 3

me without reason 1

me wrongfully 2

much less do lying 1

no false 1

nothing but lies 1

of deceit 1

of falsehood 5

of lies 2

ourselves under falsehood 1

surely in vain 1

that is a lie 1

the false 1

to a lie 1

to lying 1

to me with a lying 1

to you a lying 1

with lying 1

wrongfully 2

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2879) r q s (סהקר ShQR) AC: ? CO: Lie AB: ?: False or untrue words meant to deceive.

V) r q s (סהקר ShQR) - Lie: KJV (6): (vf: Paal, Piel) lie, falsely - Strongs: H8266 (שָׁקַר)

N^m) r q s (סהקר ShQR) - Lie: KJV (113): lie, lying, false, falsehood, falsely, vain, wrongfully, deceitful, deceit, liar - Strongs: H8267 (שֶׁקֶר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

שֶׁ֫קֶר₁₁₃ noun masculine deception, disappointment, falsehood; — ׳שׁ Exodus 23:7 64t.; שָׁ֑קֶר Exodus 5:9 42t.; plural שְׁקָרִים Psalm 101:7 3t.; suffix שִׁקְרֵיהֶם Jeremiah 23:22; —

1 deception, what deceives, disappoints, and betrays one : a molten image Jeremiah 10:14 = Jeremiah 51:17; gift Proverbs 25:14; grace of person Proverbs 31:30, etc.; ׳אֹ֫רַח שׁ Psalm 119:104; Psalm 119:128; ׳דֶּ֫רֶח שׁ Psalm 119:29; ׳בטח בשׁ Jeremiah 13:25; ׳נחל שׁ Jeremiah 16:19, compare also Psalm 7:15; Psalm 33:17; Psalm 119:118; Isaiah 28:15; לַשֶּׁקֶר for disappointment, in vain 1 Samuel 25:21; Jeremiah 3:23.

2 deceit, fraud, wrong : ׳עשׂה (ל) שׁ do or practise fraud, wrong Hosea 7:1; Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 8:8,10; with בְ, 2 Samuel 18:13; ׳מְּעֻלַּת שׁ Proverbs 11:18; ׳לֶ֫חֶם שׁ Proverbs 20:17 food got by fraud; ׳זֶ֫רע שׁ Isaiah 57:4; ׳עֵט שׁ Jeremiah 8:8; ׳ילד שׁ Psalm 7:15 ("" עמל); ׳דרךְ לשׁון קשׁת שׁ Jeremiah 9:2; ׳בְּשׁ Jeremiah 3:10 ("" בגד), adverb שׁקד fraudulently, wrongfully Psalm 35:19; Psalm 38:20; Psalm 69:5; Psalm 119:78; Psalm 119:86.

3 injurious falsehood, in testimony, especially in courts : עַד שֶׁקֶר Exodus 20:16 (E) Deuteronomy 19:18; Psalm 27:12; Proverbs 6:19; Proverbs 14:5; Proverbs 25:18; עֵד שׁקרים Proverbs 12:17; Proverbs 19:5,9; ׳ענה שׁ Deuteronomy 19:18 testify falsehood; ׳שְׁבֻעַת שׁ Ze Deuteronomy 8:17 false oath; ׳נשׁבע לשׁ swear falsely Jeremiah 5:2 5t.; ׳נשׁבע על שׁ Leviticus 5:22; ׳דבּר שׁ Micah 6:12 + (see [ דָּבַר], דָּבָר); ׳אִמְרֵ י שׁ Isaiah 32:7; ׳שׂפת(י) שׁ Psalm 31:19; Psalm 120:2; Proverbs 10:18; Proverbs 17:7; טפל׳שׁ Job 13:4; Psalm 119:69, compare Psalm 119:163; absolute false ! 2 Kings 9:12; Jeremiah 37:14.

4 falsity, of false or self-deceived prophets: ׳נכּא שׁ prophesy falsely Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 23:25,26; Jeremiah 29:21; + ל person Jeremiah 27:10; Jeremiah 20:14,16; ׳לַשּׁ׳נ Jeremiah 20:15; ׳בשׁ׳נ Jeremiah 5:31; Jeremiah 20:6; Jeremiah 29:9; ׳מוֺרֶה שׁ Isaiah 9:14; Habakkuk 2:18; ׳חזה שׁ Zechariah 10:2; ׳חֲזוֺן שׁ Jeremiah 14:14, etc., (+ 12t.); ׳רוּח שׁ.

5 lie, falsehood, in General: ׳דבר שׁ Psalm 101:7 ("" רְמִיָּה); ׳דְּבַר שׁ Proverbs 13:5; of מִלִּים Job 36:4; ׳לְשׁוֺן שׁ false tongue Proverbs 6:17; Proverbs 12:19; Proverbs 21:6; Proverbs 26:28; Psalm 109:2; of lips Proverbs 12:22; ׳אִישׁ שׁ Proverbs 17:4 liar.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שֶׁקֶר pl. with suff. שִׁקְרֵיהֶם Jeremiah 23:32, m.

(1) a lie. דִּבְרֵי שֶׁקֶר lying words, Exodus 5:9. עֵד שֶׁקֶר a lying witness, Deuteronomy 19:18. נִשְׁבַּע לַשֶּׁקֶר to be perjured, Levit. 5:24 19:12. נִכָּא בַשֶּׁקֶר to prophesy false things (notreceived from God), Jeremiah 5:31, 20:6 29:9. Absol. and in the manner of an adverb, (thou hast spoken) falsely, (it is) a lie, 2 Kings 9:12; Jeremiah 37:14. Pl. lies, Psalms 101:7. Once for concr. a liar (for אִישׁ שֶׁקֶר), Proverbs 17:4.

(2) whatever deceives, fraud, vanity. Psalms 33:17, שֶׁקֶר הַסּוּס לִתְשׁוּעָה i.e. they are deceived who hope for victory from cavalry. Hence לַשֶּׁקֶר in vain, 1 Samuel 25:21; Jeremiah 3:23 and שֶׁקֶר without cause, undeservedly, Psalms 38:20, 69:5 119:78, 86 Psalms 119:86.

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List of Word Forms

בְּשִׁקְרֵיהֶ֖ם בְּשֶׁ֖קֶר בְשֶׁ֔קֶר בַּשֶּׁ֙קֶר֙ בַּשָּֽׁקֶר׃ בַשֶּׁ֗קֶר בשקר בשקר׃ בשקריהם הַשֶּׁ֖קֶר הַשָּׁ֑קֶר השקר וָשֶׁ֣קֶר וּבַשֶּׁ֥קֶר ובשקר ושקר לַשֶּׁ֖קֶר לַשֶּׁ֛קֶר לַשֶּׁ֣קֶר לַשֶּׁ֨קֶר לַשֶּׁקֶר֒ לַשָּׁ֑קֶר לשקר קר קרים שְׁ֭קָרִים שְׁקָרִ֑ים שְׁקָרִ֣ים שֶּׁ֖קֶר שֶׁ֑קֶר שֶׁ֓קֶר ׀ שֶׁ֔קֶר שֶׁ֖קֶר שֶׁ֗קֶר שֶׁ֙קֶר֙ שֶׁ֚קֶר שֶׁ֛קֶר שֶׁ֜קֶר שֶׁ֝֗קֶר שֶׁ֣קֶר שֶׁ֥קֶר שֶׁ֭קֶר שָּֽׁקֶר׃ שָּׁ֑קֶר שָֽׁקֶר׃ שָׁ֑קֶר שָׁ֥קֶר שקר שקר׃ שקרים baš·šā·qer baš·še·qer ḇaš·še·qer bashShaker bashSheker baššāqer baššeqer ḇaššeqer bə·še·qer ḇə·še·qer bə·šiq·rê·hem bəšeqer ḇəšeqer beSheker beshikreiHem bəšiqrêhem haš·šā·qer haš·še·qer hashShaker hashSheker haššāqer haššeqer karim ker laš·šā·qer laš·še·qer lashShaker lashsheKer laššāqer laššeqer qā·rîm qārîm qer šā·qer šāqer šə·qā·rîm še·qer šəqārîm šeqer Shaker shekaRim Sheker ū·ḇaš·še·qer ūḇaššeqer uvashSheker vaSheker vashSheker veSheker wā·še·qer wāšeqer