kazav · lie, deceive

What it means

kazav (כָּזַב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “lie, deceive”.

Fail to keep 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. To say what is not true, or not to keep what was promised.
2. To fail to deliver what it promised, leaving down the one who trusted.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• lie ×8
• liar ×3
• lies ×2
• deceive ×1
• false ×1
• lying ×1
• they lied to him ×1
• you lied ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Numbers×1
• Judges×2
• 2 Kings×1
• Job×4
• Psalms×3
• Proverbs×2
• Isaiah×2
• Ezekiel×1
• Micah×1
• Habakkuk×1

• Numbers 23:19

  El is not a man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should relent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

• Judges 16:10

  And Delilah said to Samson, “Look, you have deceived me and told me lies. Now tell me, please, with what you could be bound.”

• Judges 16:13

  And Delilah said to Samson, “Until now you have deceived me and told me lies. Tell me with what you could be bound.” And he said to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with the warp…”

• 2 Kings 4:16

  He said, “At this appointed time, about this time next year, you will be embracing a son.” She said, “No, my lord, man of Elohim, do not lie to your servant.”

• Job 6:28

  And now be willing to turn to me, and see if I lie to your face.

• Job 24:25

  And if it is not so, then, who will prove me a liar, and reduce my word to nothing?”

• Job 34:6

  Concerning my right, should I lie? Incurable is my arrow, without transgression.’

• Job 41:9

  Look, the hope for it is false; is one not even at the sight of it laid low?

• Psalms 78:36

  But they enticed him with their mouth, and with their tongue they lied to him;

• Psalms 89:35

  Once I have sworn by my holiness: I will not lie to David.

• Psalms 116:11

  I said in my alarm, “Every human being is a liar.”

• Proverbs 14:5

  A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness utters lies.

• Proverbs 30:6

  Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you, and you be found a liar.

• Isaiah 57:11

  And of whom were you anxious and afraid, that you lied, and me you did not remember, nor laid it on your heart? Is it not that I have been silent, even from long ago, and so me you do not fear?

• Isaiah 58:11

  And YHWH will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in scorched places, and your bones he will strengthen; and you will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters do not deceive.

• Ezekiel 13:19

  And you have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to put to death souls that should not die, and to keep alive souls that should not live, by your lying to my people who listen to lies.

• Micah 2:11

  If a man walking in wind and falsehood should lie: ‘I will drip words to you of wine and of intoxicating drink,’ he would be the one who drips words for this people.

• Habakkuk 2:3

  For the vision is yet for the appointed time; and it hastens toward the end, and it will not lie. If it delays, wait for it, for it will surely come; it will not be late.