trma · deceit

What it means

trma (תׇּרְמָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “deceit”.

Cunning. In Judges 9:31 it is also read as the name of a place, "Tormah."

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 make someone believe something false to gain an advantage; a trap prepared with cunning.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• deceit ×5
• deceitfully ×1

Where it appears

• Judges×1
• Psalms×1
• Jeremiah×3
• Zephaniah×1

• Judges 9:31

  He sent messengers to Abimelech deceitfully, saying, “Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem, and look, they are stirring up the city against you.

• Psalms 119:118

  You have rejected all who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is a lie.

• Jeremiah 8:5

  Why has this people, Jerusalem, turned wayward in perpetual apostasy? They hold fast to deceit; they refuse to return.

• Jeremiah 14:14

  And YHWH said to me: “Falsehood the prophets are prophesying in my name; I did not send them, nor command them, nor speak to them; a vision of falsehood, and divination, and a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart they are prophesying to you.

• Jeremiah 23:26

  How long? Is it in the heart of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, and prophets of the deceit of their own heart,

• Zephaniah 3:13

  The remnant of Israel will not do injustice nor speak lies, nor will there be found in their mouth a tongue of deceit; for they will graze and lie down, and there will be no one to make them afraid.”