Limitless Word
כָּזַבkâzab/kaw-zab'/
HebrewH357616 occurrences (KJV)

to lie (i.e. deceive), literally or figuratively

KJV renders it: fail, (be found a, make a) liar, lie, lying, be in vain.

Where it appears

  • Num 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
  • 2 Kgs 4:16He said, “At this season, when the time comes around, you will embrace a son.” She said, “No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your servant.”
  • Job 6:28Now therefore be pleased to look at me, for surely I shall not lie to your face.
  • Job 24:25If it isn’t so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?”
  • Job 34:6Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.’
  • Job 41:9Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Won’t one be cast down even at the sight of him?
  • Ps 78:36But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.
  • Ps 89:35Once I have sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.
  • Ps 116:11I said in my haste, “All men are liars.”
  • Prov 14:5A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.
  • Prov 30:6Don’t you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.
  • Isa 57:11“Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven’t I held my peace for a long time, and you don’t fear me?
  • Isa 58:11and Yahweh will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters don’t fail.
  • Ezek 13:19You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to kill the souls who should not die, and to save the souls alive who should not live, by your lying to my people who listen to lies.’
  • Mic 2:11If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies: “I will prophesy to you of wine and of strong drink”; he would be the prophet of this people.
  • Hab 2:3For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.