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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - כָּזַב

כָּזַב

H3576

Transliteration: kâzab

Pronunciation: kaw-zab'

Definition: fail


Original: כּזב

Transliteration: kâzab

Phonetic: kaw-zab'

BDB Definition:

  1. to lie, tell a lie, be a liar, be found a liar, be in vain, fail
    1. (Qal) liar (participle)
    2. (Niphal) to be proven to be lying
    3. (Piel)
      1. to lie, tell a lie, tell a lie with, deceive
      2. to disappoint, fail
    4. (Hiphil) to make a liar, prove to be a liar

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 970

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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