Lexical Definition

‎כָּזָב‎ kâzâb (kaw-zawb') lie ^H:N-M
from ‎כָּזַב‎

deceitful, false, leasing, + liar, lie, lying.

• falsehood
• literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)

1) a lie, untruth, falsehood, deceptive thing

See Greek: ἀδίκως · μάταιος · ψευδής · ψεῦδος · ψεύστης

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎כָּזָב‎ noun masculine^{Amos 2:4} lie, falsehood, deceptive thing; — absolute ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Hos 12:2* + 19 t.; plural absolute ‎כְּזָבִים‎ Judg 16:10 + 9 t.; suffix ‎כִּזְבֵיהֶם‎ Amos 2:4 — lie, falsehood, with ‎דִּבֶּר‎ Judg 16:10; Judg 16:13; Hos 7:13; Zeph 3:13; Dan 11:27; Ps 5:7*; Ps 58:4*, so Ezek 13:8 Co (by transposing ‎׳‎‎כ‎ with ‎שָׁוְא‎, compare vEzek 13:6 vEzek 13:7 vEzek 13:9); with ‎יָפִיחַ‎ (in Proverbs) Prov 6:19; Prov 14:5; Prov 14:25; Prov 19:5; Prov 19:9 of false prophecies (divinations) with ‎אָמַר‎, ‎׳‎‎מִקְסַם כ‎ Ezek 13:7 with ‎קָסַם‎ vEzek 13:9; Ezek 21:34*; Ezek 22:28 + Ezek 13:6 ᵐ5 Co (‎׳‎‎קָסוֺם כ‎, for ᵑ0 ‎׳‎‎קֶסֶם כ‎); with ‎שָׁמַע‎ Ezek 13:19, ‎בִּקֵּשׁ‎ Ps 4:3* with ‎רָצָה‎ delight in Ps 62:5* so in the phrase ‎׳‎‎דְּבַרכֿ‎ Prov 30:8, ‎׳‎‎אִישׁ כ‎ Prov 19:22 = liar, ‎עֵד כְּזָבִים‎ Prov 21:28 = false witness; of idols. as a lie (res ementita) Amos 2:4, so probably ‎׳‎‎שָׂטֵי כ‎ those turning aside to a lie Ps 40:5* (compare ‎אָוֶן‎, ‎אֱלִיל‎, ‎הֶבֶל‎, ‎שֶׁקֶר‎); then of empty human pretensions ‎וָשֹׁד יַרְבֶּה‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Hos 12:2*; Isa 28:15 (|| ‎שֶׁקֶר‎), vIsa 28:17 (‎׳‎‎מַחְסֵה כ‎), Ps 62:10* (|| ‎הֶבֶל‎; compare ‎כֹּזֵב‎ Ps 116:11); ‎לֶחֶם כְּזָבִים‎ Prov 23:3 = deceptive (disappointing) bread.

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