{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H8267",
  "lemma": "שֶׁקֶר",
  "transliteration": "sheqer",
  "definition": "an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)",
  "kjv": "without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, [phrase] lie…",
  "occurrences": 113,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H8266",
      "lemma": "שָׁקַר",
      "transliteration": "shâqar",
      "meaning": "to cheat, i.e. be untrue",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H8266"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "שֶׁ֫קֶר 113 n.m. deception, disappointment, falsehood",
    "1. deception, what deceives, disappoints, and betrays one",
    "2. deceit, fraud, wrong",
    "3. injurious falsehood, in testimony",
    "4. falsity, of false or self-deceived prophets",
    "5. lie, falsehood, in gen."
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 5:9",
      "text": "Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it. Don’t let them pay any attention to lying words.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/5?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 20:16",
      "text": "“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/20?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 23:7",
      "text": "“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/23?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 5:22",
      "text": "or has found that which was lost, and lied about it, and swearing to a lie—in any of these things that a man sins in…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/5?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 5:24",
      "text": "or any thing about which he has sworn falsely: he shall restore it in full, and shall add a fifth part more to it. He…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/5?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 19:12",
      "text": "“‘You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/19?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 19:18",
      "text": "and the judges shall make diligent inquisition; and behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/19?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 25:21",
      "text": "Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/25?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 18:13",
      "text": "Otherwise, if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hidden from the king), then you yourself…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/18?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 22:22",
      "text": "The LORD said to him, ‘How?’ He said, ‘I will go out and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ He…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/22?v=22"
    }
  ],
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