כָּזַבkâzab
lie, be a liar
Pronunciation: kaw-zab' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3576
Meanings
Niph`al: his hope has been made deceptive, and thou be proven a liar. (Job 41:1; Proverbs 30:6)
Pi`el
1. lie, tell a lie (Numbers 23:19; Micah 2:11; Job 6:28)
2. disappoint, fail (Habakkuk 2:3; Isaiah 58:11)
Hiph`il: will make me a liar (Job 24:25)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 16 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, so he does not lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through?
- 2 Kings 4:16 “Next year at this time you will be holding a son in your arms!” “No, my lord!” she cried. “O man of God, don’t deceive me and get my hopes up like that.”
- Job 6:28 Look at me! Would I lie to your face?
- Job 24:25 Can anyone claim otherwise? Who can prove me wrong?”
- Job 34:6 I am innocent, but they call me a liar. My suffering is incurable, though I have not sinned.’
- Job 41:9 No, it is useless to try to capture it. The hunter who attempts it will be knocked down.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).