# H8267 שֶׁקֶר

שֶׁקֶר (sheqer), Strong’s H8267: an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial) KJV: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, [phrase] lie…. Occurs 113 times.

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*sheqer* — an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)

KJV: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, [phrase] lie…

Derived from [שָׁקַר shâqar](https://besorah.bible/word/H8266) (to cheat, i.e. be untrue)

Occurs 113 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- 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.

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 5:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/5?v=9) — Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it. Don’t let them pay any attention to lying words.”
- [Exodus 20:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/20?v=16) — “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
- [Exodus 23:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/23?v=7) — “Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.
- [Leviticus 5:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/5?v=22) — 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…
- [Leviticus 5:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/5?v=24) — 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…
- [Leviticus 19:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/19?v=12) — “‘You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
- [Deuteronomy 19:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/19?v=18) — and the judges shall make diligent inquisition; and behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified…
- [1 Samuel 25:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/25?v=21) — Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed…
- [2 Samuel 18:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/18?v=13) — Otherwise, if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hidden from the king), then you yourself…
- [1 Kings 22:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/22?v=22) — 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…