שֶׁקֶרsheqer
deception, disappointment, falsehood
Pronunciation: sheh'-ker · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8267
Meanings
1. deception, what deceives, disappoints, and betrays one (Jeremiah 10:14; Jeremiah 51:17; Proverbs 25:14)
2. deceit, fraud, wrong (Hosea 7:1; Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 8:8)
3. injurious falsehood, in testimony, especially in courts (Exodus 20:16; Deuteronomy 19:18; Psalms 27:12)
4. falsity, of false or self-deceived prophets (Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 23:25; Jeremiah 23:26)
5. lie, falsehood, in general (Psalms 101:7; Proverbs 13:5; Job 36:4)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 113 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 5:9 Load them down with more work. Make them sweat! That will teach them to listen to lies!”
- Exodus 20:16 “You must not testify falsely against your neighbor.
- Exodus 23:7 “Be sure never to charge anyone falsely with evil. Never sentence an innocent or blameless person to death, for I never declare a guilty person to be innocent.
- Leviticus 6:3 or you find lost property and lie about it, or you lie while swearing to tell the truth, or you commit any other such sin.
- Leviticus 6:5 or anything obtained by swearing falsely. You must make restitution by paying the full price plus an additional 20 percent to the person you have harmed. On the same day you must present a guilt offering.
- Leviticus 19:12 “Do not bring shame on the name of your God by using it to swear falsely. I am the Lord.
See every passage
- Exodus 5:9, 20:16, 23:7
- Leviticus 6:3, 6:5, 19:12
- Deuteronomy 19:18
- 1 Samuel 25:21
- 2 Samuel 18:13
- 1 Kings 22:22, 22:23
- 2 Kings 9:12
- 2 Chronicles 18:21, 18:22
- Job 13:4, 36:4
- Psalms 7:14, 27:12, 31:18, 33:17, 35:19, 38:19, 52:3, 63:11, 69:4, 101:7, 109:2, 119:29, 119:69, 119:78, 119:86, 119:104, 119:118, 119:128, 119:163, 120:2, 144:8, 144:11
- Proverbs 6:17, 6:19, 10:18, 11:18, 12:17, 12:19, 12:22, 13:5, 14:5, 17:4, 17:7, 19:5, 19:9, 20:17, 21:6, 25:14, 25:18, 26:28, 29:12, 31:30
- Isaiah 9:15, 28:15, 32:7, 44:20, 57:4, 59:3, 59:13
- Jeremiah 3:10, 3:23, 5:2, 5:31, 6:13, 7:4, 7:8, 7:9, 8:8, 8:10, 9:3, 9:5, 10:14, 13:25, 14:14, 16:19, 20:6, 23:14, 23:25, 23:26, 23:32, 27:10, 27:14, 27:15, 27:16, 28:15, 29:9, 29:21, 29:23, 29:31, 37:14, 40:16, 43:2, 51:17
- Ezekiel 13:22
- Hosea 7:1
- Micah 2:11, 6:12
- Habakkuk 2:18
- Zechariah 5:4, 8:17, 10:2, 13:3
- Malachi 3:5
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).