H3576
כָּזַב
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
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
[כָּזַב] verb lie, be a liar (Arabic ; Aramaic כְּדַב, id. chiefly Pa`el; Late Hebrew כָּזַב) —
Qal Participle כָּלהָֿאָדָם כֹּזֵב Ps 116:11 (compare כָּזָּב Ps 62:10). Niph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular תֹּחַלְתּוֺ נִכְזָ֑בָה Job 41:1 his hope has been made deceptive, i.e. been shewn to be so; 2 masculine singular consecutive וְנִכְזָ֑בְתָּ Prov 30:6 lest he convict thee and thou be proven a liar. Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular כִּזֵּב Mic 2:11 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְכַזֵּב Hab 2:3; Prov 14:5 וִיכַזֵּב Num 23:19, etc.; Infinitive construct suffix כַזֶּבְכֶם (בְּ) Ezek 13:19 —
1. lie, tell a lie, absolute, Num 23:19 (JE), Mic 2:11; Job 6:28; Job 34:6; Prov 14:5; Isa 57:11 followed by לְ person lie to Ezek 13:9; Ps 78:36; Ps 89:36 followed by בְּ person tell a lie with, i.e. in intercourse, conversation with 2Kgs 4:16.
2. disappoint, fail, of a divine revelation Hab 2:3 waters of a spring Isa 58:11. Hiph`il Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix יַכְזִיבֵנִי Job 24:25 who will make me a liar? i.e. prove me to be so (compare Niph`al)
[כְּדַב] adjective false (ᵑ7 Syriac; see Biblical Hebrew כזב); — feminine singular absolute מִלָּה כִדְבָה Dan 2:9 ( > noun appositive K175 M66 *#168;).
כְּ דִי see דִּי.
10 occurrences
Numbers (1), II Kings (1), Job (2), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (2), Ezekiel (1), Micah (1), Habakkuk (1)