Lexical Definition

‎מִרְמָה‎ mirmâh (meer-maw') deceit ^H:N-F
from ‎רָמָה‎ in the sense of deceiving

craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.

• fraud

1) deceit, treachery

See Greek: ἀδικία · ἄδικος · ἀσέβεια · δόλιος · δόλος · πικρία · πλάνη · ψεῦδος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎מִרְמָה‎ noun feminine deceit, treachery; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Amos 8:5 +; plural absolute ‎מִרְמוֺת‎ Ps 10:7 +; — deceit, of balances, ‎׳‎‎מאןזנֵי מ‎ i.e. deceptive balances Amos 8:5 (|| ‎שֶׁקֶר‎), Hos 12:8*; Prov 11:1 (opposed to ‎קֶבֶן שְׁלֵמָה‎), Prov 20:23, ‎׳‎‎אַבְנֵי מ‎ Mic 6:11 (see [ ‎מאזן‎] p. 24); especially treachery, craftiness, 2Kgs 9:23, ‎׳‎‎בְּמ‎ treacherously, Gen 27:35 (J), and (of crafty speech) Gen 34:13 (P); ‎׳‎‎שִׂפְּתֵי מ‎ Ps 17:1 i.e. treacherous lips, ‎׳‎‎לְשׁוֺן מ‎ Ps 52:6*, ‎׳‎‎פִּי מ‎ Ps 109:2 (|| ‎לְשׁוֺן שָׁ֑קֶר‎), ‎דִּבְרֵי מִרְמוֺת‎ Ps 35:20, ‎׳‎‎נִשְׁבַע לְמ‎ Ps 24:4 (|| ‎לַשָּׁוְא‎); compare Isa 53:9 (|| ‎חָמָס‎); also Hos 12:1* (|| ‎כַּחַשׁ‎), Jer 5:27; Jer 9:5* (twice in verse); Jer 9:7*; Zeph 1:9 (+ ‎חָמָס‎), Ps 10:7 (+ ‎תֹּךְ‎), || ‎עָמָל‎ ‎וָאֶוֶּן‎, Ps 34:14*; Ps 36:4* (+ ‎אָוֶן‎), Ps 38:13*; Ps 59:19; Ps 55:12* (+ ‎תֹּךְ‎), Job 15:35; Job 31:5 (|| ‎שָׁוְא‎), Prov 12:20; Prov 14:8; Prov 26:24; Dan 8:25 opposed to ‎מִשְׁפָּט‎ Prov 12:5, + ‎עֵר שְׁקָרִים‎ vProv 12:17, + ‎יָפִחַ כְּזָבִים‎ Prov 14:25 (Hi Wild Toy read ‎מְדַמֶּה‎ for ‎מרמה‎ but II. ‎דמה‎ not elsewhere Pi); ‎׳‎‎אִישׁ דָּמִים וּמ‎ Ps 5:7* (|| ‎דֹּבְרֵי‎ ‎בָזָב‎), compare Ps 55:24*, ‎וְעַוְלָה‎ ‎׳‎‎אִישׁ מ‎ Ps 43:1 ‎׳‎‎יַעֲשֶׁה מ‎ Dan 11:23. — II. ‎מִרְמָה‎ proper name.

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