תׇּרְמָהtormâh

fraud

Pronunciation: tor-maw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8649

Meanings

תָּרְמָה: in treachery, treacherously, but form strange and meaning unsuitable; read possibly אֲרוּמָה (בַּ) proper name, of a location (Judges 9:31; Judges 9:41)

תרמות: see following (Jeremiah 14:14)

תַּרְמִית: deceitfulness (Zephaniah 3:13; Jeremiah 8:5; Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 23:26; Psalms 119:118)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Judges 9:31 He sent messengers to Abimelech in Arumah, telling him, “Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to live in Shechem, and now they are inciting the city to rebel against you.
  • Psalms 119:118 But you have rejected all who stray from your decrees. They are only fooling themselves.
  • Jeremiah 8:5 Then why do these people stay on their self-destructive path? Why do the people of Jerusalem refuse to turn back? They cling tightly to their lies and will not turn around.
  • Jeremiah 14:14 Then the Lord said, “These prophets are telling lies in my name. I did not send them or tell them to speak. I did not give them any messages. They prophesy of visions and revelations they have never seen or heard. They speak foolishness made up in their own lying hearts.
  • Jeremiah 23:26 How long will this go on? If they are prophets, they are prophets of deceit, inventing everything they say.
  • Zephaniah 3:13 The remnant of Israel will do no wrong; they will never tell lies or deceive one another. They will eat and sleep in safety, and no one will make them afraid.”

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).