Lexicon / H3576
כָּזַב
ka.zav
  • to lie
  • lie
  • be a liar

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: to lie

1) to lie, tell a lie, be a liar, be found a liar, be in vain, fail

1a) (Qal) liar (participle)

1b) (Niphal) to be proven to be lying

1c) (Piel)

1c1) to lie, tell a lie, tell a lie with, deceive

1c2) to disappoint, fail

1d) (Hiphil) to make a liar, prove to be a liar

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: lie; be a liar

Root √כזב: כָּזַב vb lie be a liar Qal Pt . Niph his hope has been made deceptive . Pi lie tell a lie , disappoint fail . Hiph will make me a liar . who? i.e. prove me to be so .

כָּזַב vb lie be a liar Qal Pt . Niph his hope has been made deceptive . Pi lie tell a lie , disappoint fail . Hiph will make me a liar . who? i.e. prove me to be so .