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Strong's #8267 - שֶׁקֶר
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- lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood
- deception (what deceives or disappoints or betrays one)
- deceit, fraud, wrong
- fraudulently, wrongfully (as adverb)
- falsehood (injurious in testimony)
- testify falsehood, false oath, swear falsely
- falsity (of false or self-deceived prophets)
- lie, falsehood (in general)
- false tongue
- in vain
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2879) rqs (סהקר ShQR) AC: ? CO: Lie AB: ?: False or untrue words meant to deceive.
V) rqs (סהקר ShQR) - Lie: KJV (6): (vf: Paal, Piel) lie, falsely - Strongs: H8266 (שָׁקַר)
Nm) rqs (סהקר ShQR) - Lie: KJV (113): lie, lying, false, falsehood, falsely, vain, wrongfully, deceitful, deceit, liar - Strongs: H8267 (שֶׁקֶר)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
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.
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.