{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3576",
  "lemma": "כָּזַב",
  "transliteration": "kâzab",
  "definition": "to lie (i.e. deceive), literally or figuratively",
  "kjv": "fail, (be found a, make a) liar, lie, lying, be in vain.",
  "occurrences": 18,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[כָּזַב] vb. lie, be a liar",
    "Qal Pt.",
    "Niph. his hope has been made deceptive",
    "Pi.",
    "1. lie, tell a lie",
    "2. disappoint, fail",
    "Hiph. who will make me a liar? i.e. prove me to be so"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 23:19",
      "text": "God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and he won’t do it? Or has…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/23?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 16:10",
      "text": "Delilah said to Samson, “Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies. Now please tell me how you might be bound.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/16?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 16:13",
      "text": "Delilah said to Samson, “Until now, you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me with what you might be bound.” He said…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/16?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 4:16",
      "text": "He said, “At this season next year, you will embrace a son.” She said, “No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/4?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 57:11",
      "text": "“Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven’t I…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/57?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 58:11",
      "text": "and the LORD will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong. You will be like…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/58?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 13:19",
      "text": "You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to kill the souls who should not…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/13?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Micah 2:11",
      "text": "If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies, saying, “I will prophesy to you of wine and of strong drink,” he would…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/micah/2?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Habakkuk 2:3",
      "text": "For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/habakkuk/2?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 78:36",
      "text": "But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/78?v=36"
    }
  ],
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