3576. kazab

Strong's Concordance

kazab: to lie, be a liar

Original Word: כָּזַב
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: kazab
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-zab')
Definition: to lie, be a liar

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to lie, be a liar
NASB Translation
fail (2), false (1), liars (1), lie (6), lied (2), lying (1), prove me a liar (1), proved a liar (1), told lies (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[כָּזַב] verb lie, be a liar (Arabic ; Aramaic כְּדַב, id. chiefly Pa`el; Late Hebrew כָּזַב) —

Qal Participle כָּלהָֿאָדָם כֹּזֵב Psalm 116:11 (compare כָּזָּב Psalm 62:10).

Niph`al Perfect3feminine singular תֹּחַלְתּוֺ נִכְזָ֑בָה Job 41:1 his hope has been made deceptive, i.e. been shewn to be so; 2 masculine singular consecutive וְנִכְזָ֑בְתָּ Proverbs 30:6 lest he convict thee and thou be proven a liar.

Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular כִּזֵּב Micah 2:11; Imperfect3masculine singular יְכַזֵּב Habakkuk 2:3; Proverbs 14:5; וִיכַזֵּב Numbers 23:19, etc.; Infinitive construct suffix כַזֶּבְכֶם (בְּ) Ezekiel 13:19; —

1 lie, tell a lie, absolute, Numbers 23:19 (JE), Micah 2:11; Job 6:28; Job 34:6; Proverbs 14:5; Isaiah 57:11; followed by לְ person lie to Ezekiel 13:9; Psalm 78:36; Psalm 89:36; followed by בְּ person tell a lie with, i.e. in intercourse, conversation with 2 Kings 4:16.

2 disappoint, fail, of a divine revelation Habakkuk 2:3; waters of a spring Isaiah 58:11.

Hiph`il Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יַכְזִיבֵנִי Job 24:25 who will make me a liar? i.e. prove me to be so (compare Niph`al)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

fail, be found a, make a liar, lie, lying, be in vain

A primitive root; to lie (i.e. Deceive), literally or figuratively -- fail, (be found a, make a) liar, lie, lying, be in vain.

Forms and Transliterations

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-

Englishman's Concordance

Numbers 23:19
HEB: אִ֥ישׁ אֵל֙ וִֽיכַזֵּ֔ב וּבֶן־ אָדָ֖ם
NAS: is not a man, that He should lie, Nor
KJV: [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son
INT: A man God lie A son of man

Judges 16:10
HEB: וַתְּדַבֵּ֥ר אֵלַ֖י כְּזָבִ֑ים עַתָּה֙ הַגִּֽידָה־
INT: and told about fail now tell

Judges 16:13
HEB: וַתְּדַבֵּ֤ר אֵלַי֙ כְּזָבִ֔ים הַגִּ֣ידָה לִּ֔י
INT: and told about fail tell how

2 Kings 4:16
HEB: הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים אַל־ תְּכַזֵּ֖ב בְּשִׁפְחָתֶֽךָ׃
NAS: of God, do not lie to your maidservant.
KJV: of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
INT: of God No lie to your maidservant

Job 6:28
HEB: פְּ֝נֵיכֶ֗ם אִם־ אֲכַזֵּֽב׃
NAS: at me, And [see] if I lie to your face.
KJV: upon me; for [it is] evident unto you if I lie.
INT: your face and if lie

Job 24:25
HEB: אֵ֭פוֹ מִ֣י יַכְזִיבֵ֑נִי וְיָשֵׂ֥ם לְ֝אַ֗ל
NAS: who can prove me a liar, And make
KJV: who will make me a liar, and make
INT: so who prove and make nay

Job 34:6
HEB: עַל־ מִשְׁפָּטִ֥י אֲכַזֵּ֑ב אָנ֖וּשׁ חִצִּ֣י
NAS: Should I lie concerning my right?
KJV: Should I lie against my right?
INT: concerning adversary lie is incurable archer

Job 41:9
HEB: הֵן־ תֹּחַלְתּ֥וֹ נִכְזָ֑בָה הֲגַ֖ם אֶל־
NAS: your expectation is FALSE; Will you be laid low
KJV: Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not [one] be cast down
INT: Behold your expectation is false even nay

Psalm 78:36
HEB: בְּפִיהֶ֑ם וּ֝בִלְשׁוֹנָ֗ם יְכַזְּבוּ־ לֽוֹ׃
NAS: Him with their mouth And lied to Him with their tongue.
KJV: him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
INT: their mouth their tongue and lied

Psalm 89:35
HEB: אִֽם־ לְדָוִ֥ד אֲכַזֵּֽב׃
NAS: by My holiness; I will not lie to David.
KJV: by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
INT: lo to David lie

Psalm 116:11
HEB: כָּֽל־ הָאָדָ֥ם כֹּזֵֽב׃
NAS: All men are liars.
KJV: in my haste, All men [are] liars.
INT: All men are liars

Proverbs 14:5
HEB: אֱ֭מוּנִים לֹ֣א יְכַזֵּ֑ב וְיָפִ֥יחַ כְּ֝זָבִ֗ים
NAS: witness will not lie, But a false
KJV: witness will utter lies.
INT: A trustworthy will not lie utters lies

Proverbs 30:6
HEB: יוֹכִ֖יחַ בְּךָ֣ וְנִכְזָֽבְתָּ׃ פ
NAS: He will reprove you, and you will be proved a liar.
KJV: lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
INT: Or will reprove will be proved

Isaiah 57:11
HEB: וַתִּֽירְאִי֙ כִּ֣י תְכַזֵּ֔בִי וְאוֹתִי֙ לֹ֣א
NAS: When you lied, and did not remember
KJV: or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered
INT: and fearful When lied Nor remember

Isaiah 58:11
HEB: אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־ יְכַזְּב֖וּ מֵימָֽיו׃
NAS: whose waters do not fail.
KJV: of water, whose waters fail not.
INT: whose not fail waters

Ezekiel 13:19
HEB: לֹא־ תִֽחְיֶ֑ינָה בְּכַ֨זֶּבְכֶ֔ם לְעַמִּ֖י שֹׁמְעֵ֥י
NAS: should not live, by your lying to My people
KJV: that should not live, by your lying to my people
INT: not alive your lying to my people listen

Micah 2:11
HEB: ר֙וּחַ֙ וָשֶׁ֣קֶר כִּזֵּ֔ב אַטִּ֣ף לְךָ֔
NAS: and falsehood Had told lies [and said], 'I will speak
KJV: and falsehood do lie, [saying], I will prophesy
INT: wind and falsehood had told will speak wine

Habakkuk 2:3
HEB: לַקֵּ֖ץ וְלֹ֣א יְכַזֵּ֑ב אִם־ יִתְמַהְמָהּ֙
NAS: toward the goal and it will not fail. Though
KJV: it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry,
INT: the goal and it will not fail Though tarries

18 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3576
18 Occurrences

’ă·ḵaz·zêḇ — 3 Occ.
bə·ḵaz·zeḇ·ḵem — 1 Occ.
kə·zā·ḇîm — 2 Occ.
kiz·zêḇ — 1 Occ.
kō·zêḇ — 1 Occ.
niḵ·zā·ḇāh — 1 Occ.
tə·ḵaz·zêḇ — 1 Occ.
ṯə·ḵaz·zê·ḇî — 1 Occ.
wə·niḵ·zā·ḇə·tā — 1 Occ.
wî·ḵaz·zêḇ — 1 Occ.
yaḵ·zî·ḇê·nî — 1 Occ.
yə·ḵaz·zêḇ — 2 Occ.
yə·ḵaz·zə·ḇū- — 2 Occ.