3576 – כָּזַב (kazav)

to lie

Type:	Verb Verb   Rootword
Hebrew:	כָּזַב (kazav)
Pronunciation:	ka-zav    Listen
Gematria:	29(20 + 7 + 2)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	a primitive root
Usage:	16 times in OT

Description

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

Word root

Word with kazav as root:

אַכְזָב	achzav	H0391	deceptive
כָּזָב	kazav	H3577	lie
כֹּֽזֵבָ֗א	Kozeva	H3578	Cozeba
כָּזְבִי	Kozvi	H3579	Cozbi
כְּזִיב	Keziv	H3580	Chezib

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word kazav was translated to the following:

ἀποφθέγγομαι	apophtheggomai	G0669	utterance
ἐκλείπω	ekleipo	G1587	fail
κενός	kenos	G2756	vain
λέγω	lego	G3004	say
ψευδής	pseudes	G5571	liar

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