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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #3576 - כָּזַב

Transliteration

kâzab

Phonetics

kaw-zab'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

Verb

TWOT

970

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) to lie, tell a lie, be a liar, be found a liar, be in vain, fail

1a) (Qal) liar (participle)

1b) (Niphal) to be proven to be lying

1c) (Piel)

1c1) to lie, tell a lie, tell a lie with, deceive

1c2) to disappoint, fail

1d) (Hiphil) to make a liar, prove to be a liar

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3004 ‑ λέγω (leg'‑o); 5571 ‑ ψευδής (psyoo‑dace'); 5571 ‑ ψευδής (psyoo‑dace'); 669 ‑ ἀποφθέγγομαι (ap‑of‑theng'‑om‑ahee); 1587 ‑ ἐκλείπω (ek‑li'‑po); 2756 ‑ κενός (ken‑os');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

KJV (16)

Numbers

2 Kings

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Ezekiel

Micah

Habakkuk

NAS (19)

Numbers

2 Kings

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Ezekiel

Micah

Habakkuk

HCS (16)

Numbers

2 Kings

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Ezekiel

Micah

Habakkuk

BSB (18)

Numbers

Judges

2 Kings

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Ezekiel

Micah

Habakkuk

ESV (16)

Numbers

2 Kings

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Ezekiel

Micah

Habakkuk

WEB (16)

Numbers

2 Kings

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Ezekiel

Micah

Habakkuk

Verse Results

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2253) b z k (כזב KZB) AC: Lie CO: Lie AB: ?: Vain words spoken to deceive, cause failure or disappoint. What does not function in the capacity that it was meant to.

V) b z k (כזב KZB) - Lie: KJV (16): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Piel, Participle) lie, liar, vain, fail - Strongs: H3576 (כָּזַב)

N^m) b z k (כזב KZB) - Lie: KJV (31): lie, liar, leasing, deceitful, false - Strongs: H3577 (כָּזָב)

e^f1) e b z i k (כיזבה KYZBH) - Lying: [Aramaic only] [df: hbdk] KJV (1): lying - Strongs: H3538 (כְּדַב)

n^m ) b z k a (אכזב AKZB) - Lie: KJV (2): lie, liar - Strongs: H391 (אַכְזָב)

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

כָּזַב in Kal part. כֹּזֵב Psalms 116:11 of more frequent occurrence in

Piel כִּזֵּב to lie, Job 6:28, 34:6 Proverbs 14:5. (Arab. كذب.) Followed by לְ to lie to any one, to deceive him. Psalms 78:36, 89:36, “shall I lie unto David?” i.e. break my fidelity (comp. Numbers 23:19). Ezekiel 13:19, followed by בְּ id. 2 Kings 4:16. Metaph. applied to water quickly drying up and disappointing the traveller, comp. אַכְזָב.

Hiphil, to reprove of lying, to convict of falsehood, Job 24:25.

Niphal, pass. of Hiphil, to be proved false, or deceitful, Job 41:1.

The derivatives follow, except אַכְזָב, אַכְזִיב.

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List of Word Forms

אֲכַזֵּ֑ב אֲכַזֵּֽב׃ אכזב אכזב׃ בְּכַ֨זֶּבְכֶ֔ם בכזבכם וְנִכְזָֽבְתָּ׃ וִֽיכַזֵּ֔ב ויכזב ונכזבת׃ יְכַזְּב֖וּ יְכַזְּבוּ־ יְכַזֵּ֑ב יַכְזִיבֵ֑נִי יכזב יכזבו יכזבו־ יכזיבני כְּזָבִ֑ים כְּזָבִ֔ים כִּזֵּ֔ב כֹּזֵֽב׃ כזב כזב׃ כזבים נִכְזָ֑בָה נכזבה תְּכַזֵּ֖ב תְכַזֵּ֔בִי תכזב תכזבי ’ă·ḵaz·zêḇ ’ăḵazzêḇ achazZev bə·ḵaz·zeḇ·ḵem beChazzevChem bəḵazzeḇḵem kə·zā·ḇîm kəzāḇîm kezaVim kiz·zêḇ kizzêḇ kizZev kō·zêḇ kōzêḇ koZev nichZavah niḵ·zā·ḇāh niḵzāḇāh ṯə·ḵaz·zê·ḇî tə·ḵaz·zêḇ techazZev techazZevi təḵazzêḇ ṯəḵazzêḇî venichZaveta vichazZev wə·niḵ·zā·ḇə·tā wəniḵzāḇətā wî·ḵaz·zêḇ wîḵazzêḇ yachziVeni yaḵ·zî·ḇê·nî yaḵzîḇênî yə·ḵaz·zə·ḇū yə·ḵaz·zə·ḇū- yə·ḵaz·zêḇ yechazZev yechazzevu yəḵazzêḇ yəḵazzəḇū yəḵazzəḇū-

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