רְמִיָּהrᵉmîyâh
רְמִיָּה: deceit, treachery (Micah 6:12; Psalms 120:2; Psalms 120:3; Psalms 52:4; Psalms 101:7)
Pronunciation: rem-ee-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7423
Meanings
רְמִיָּה: laxness, slackness (Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 12:24; Proverbs 12:27; Proverbs 19:15; Jeremiah 48:10)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 15 times in the Bible.
- Job 13:7 “Are you defending God with lies? Do you make your dishonest arguments for his sake?
- Job 27:4 my lips will speak no evil, and my tongue will speak no lies.
- Psalms 32:2 Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord has cleared of guilt, whose lives are lived in complete honesty!
- Psalms 52:2 All day long you plot destruction. Your tongue cuts like a sharp razor; you’re an expert at telling lies.
- Psalms 78:57 They turned back and were as faithless as their parents. They were as undependable as a crooked bow.
- Psalms 101:7 I will not allow deceivers to serve in my house, and liars will not stay in my presence.
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).