shakar · deal falsely

What it means

shakar (שָׁקַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “deal falsely”.

Deceive; break one's word.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Break one's word; say what is untrue.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• lie ×2
• be false ×1
• deceive ×1
• have we been false ×1
• you will not deal falsely ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Leviticus×1
• 1 Samuel×1
• Psalms×2
• Isaiah×1

• Genesis 21:23

  So now, swear to me here by Elohim that you will not deal falsely with me or with my children or with my descendants. As the loyal love that I have shown you, so you will show me and the land in which you have resided as an alien.”

• Leviticus 19:11

  You shall not steal, and you shall not lie, and you shall not deceive one another.

• 1 Samuel 15:29

  And also the Splendor of Israel does not lie and does not relent, for he is not a human being that he should relent.”

• Psalms 44:17

  All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten you, nor have we been false to your covenant.

• Psalms 89:33

  But my loyal love I will not withdraw from him, nor be false to my faithfulness.

• Isaiah 63:8

  And he said, “Surely they are my people, children who will not lie”; and he became for them a Savior.