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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H3538, G5571, H3586
Hebrew
כְּדַב · kᵉdab
Greek
ψευδής · pseudēs

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ψευδής

G5571
Transliteration
pseudēs
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:A
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

false, false, liar

Lexicon definition

ψευδής, -ές (ψεύδομαι), [in LXX for שֶׁקֶר, שָׁוְא, כָּזָב; etc. ;] lying, false, untrue (of persons and things): Rev.2:2; μάρτυρες, Act.6:13; as subst., ὁ ψ., a liar: Rev.21:8.† (AS)

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Ψευδής

G5571
Transliteration
pseudḗs
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

false, liar

Lexicon definition

false, lying, Ac. 6.13. Re. 2.2 in N.T., pl. maintainers of religious falsehood, corrupters of the truth of God, Re. 21.8

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

שֶׁקֶר

H8267
Transliteration
sheqer
Pronunciation
sheh'-ker
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
113

Glosses

without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, [phrase] lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.

Lexicon definition

an untruth

by implication, a sham (often adverbial)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

שָׁוְא

H7723
Transliteration
shâvᵉʼ
Pronunciation
shawv
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
53

Glosses

false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.

Lexicon definition

evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile)

figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective

also adverbially, in vain)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

כָּזָב

H3577
Transliteration
kâzâb
Pronunciation
kaw-zawb'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
31

Glosses

deceitful, false, leasing, + liar, lie, lying.

Lexicon definition

falsehood

literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)

Concordance

Strong's Concordance

False

Indexed occurrences: 71

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All Scripture references102 references

Genesis 1

Exodus 3

Deuteronomy 3

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 4

Job 3

Psalms 6

Proverbs 7

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 6

Ezekiel 9

Daniel 1

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Micah 2

Zechariah 2

Malachi 1

Matthew 8

Mark 4

Luke 4

John 2

Acts 7

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 3

Galatians 1

Philippians 1

Colossians 2

2 Thessalonians 1

1 Timothy 1

Titus 1

2 Peter 2

Revelation 3

Topical Bible

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Ancient Context10 items

Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Moses Ascended Up To Mount Sinai, And Received Laws From God, And Delivered Them To The Hebrews.

Antiquities Book 3, Chapter 5

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

The Polity Settled By Moses; And How He Disappeared From Among Mankind.

Antiquities Book 4, Chapter 8

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How David, When He Had Twice The Opportunity Of Killing Saul Did Not Kill Him. Also Concerning The Death Of Samuel And Nabal.

Antiquities Book 6, Chapter 13

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Jadon The Prophet Was Persuaded By Another Lying Prophet And Returned [To Bethel,] And Was Afterwards Slain By A Lion. As Also What Words The Wicked Prophet Made Use Of To Persuade The King, And Thereby Alienated His Mind From God.

Antiquities Book 8, Chapter 9

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Concerning Jehoshaphat The King Of Jerusalem And How Ahab Made An Expedition Against The Syrians And Was Assisted Therein By Jehoshaphat, But Was Himself Overcome In Battle And Perished Therein.

Antiquities Book 8, Chapter 15

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Jehu Was Anointed King, And Slew Both Joram And Ahaziah; As Also What He Did For The Punishment Of The Wicked.

Antiquities Book 9, Chapter 6

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

That The King Of Babylon Repented Of Making Jehoiachin King, And Took Him Away To Babylon And Delivered The Kingdom To Zedekiah. This King Would Not Believe What Was Predicted By Jeremiah And Ezekiel But Joined Himself To The Egyptians; Who When They Came Into Judea, Were Vanquished By The King Of Babylon; As Also What Befell Jeremiah.

Antiquities Book 10, Chapter 7

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How, Upon Herod's Going Down Into David's Sepulcher, The Sedition In His Family Greatly Increased.

Antiquities Book 16, Chapter 7

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Caius 1 Was Slain By Cherea.

Antiquities Book 19, Chapter 1

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Concerning Florus The Procurator, Who Necessitated The Jews To Take Up Arms Against The Romans. The Conclusion.

Antiquities Book 20, Chapter 11

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Related UNLEARN Content19 items

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FALSE ACCUSATION

Nave’s Topical Bible references for FALSE ACCUSATION.

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FALSE CONFIDENCE

Nave’s Topical Bible references for FALSE CONFIDENCE.

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FALSE TEACHERS

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FALSE WITNESS

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FALSE

Nave’s Topical Bible references for FALSE.

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Accuser

Satan is styled the "accuser of the brethren" (Rev. 12:10. Comp. Job 1:6; Zech. 3:1), as seeking to uphold his influence among men by bringing false charges against Christians, with the view of weakening their influence and injuring the cause with which they are identified. He was regarded by the Jews as the accuser of men before God, laying to their charge the violations of the law of which they were guilty, and demanding their punishment. The same Greek word, rendered "accuser," is found in John 8:10 (but omitted in the Revised Version); Acts 23:30, 35; 24:8; 25:16, 18, in all of which places it is used of one who brings a charge against another.

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Azur and Azzur

Helper. (1.) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet (Jer. 28:1). (2.) The father of Jaazaniah (Ezek. 11:1). (3.) One of those who sealed the covenant with Yahweh on the return from Babylon (Neh. 10:17). __________________________________________________________________

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Baalim

idols; masters; false gods

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Chaff

The refuse of winnowed corn. It was usually burned (Ex. 15:7; Isa. 5:24; Matt. 3:12). This word sometimes, however, means dried grass or hay (Isa. 5:24; 33:11). Chaff is used as a figure of abortive wickedness (Ps. 1:4; Matt. 3:12). False doctrines are also called chaff (Jer. 23:28), or more correctly rendered "chopped straw." The destruction of the wicked, and their powerlessness, are likened to the carrying away of chaff by the wind (Isa. 17:13; Hos. 13:3; Zeph. 2:2).

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Christs, False

Our Lord warned his disciples that they would arise (Matt. 24:24). It is said that no fewer than twenty-four persons have at different times appeared (the last in 1682) pretending to be the Messiah of the prophets.

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Divination

Of false prophets (Deut. 18:10, 14; Micah 3:6, 7, 11), of necromancers (1 Sam. 28:8), of the Philistine priests and diviners (1 Sam. 6:2), of Balaam (Josh. 13:22). Three kinds of divination are mentioned in Ezek. 21:21, by arrows, consulting with images (the teraphim), and by examining the entrails of animals sacrificed. The practice of this art seems to have been encouraged in ancient Egypt. Diviners also abounded among the aborigines of Canaan and the Philistines (Isa. 2:6; 1 Sam. 28). At a later period multitudes of magicians poured from Chaldea and Arabia into the land of Israel, and pursued their occupations (Isa. 8:19; 2 Kings 21:6; 2 Chr. 33:6). This superstition widely spread, and in the time of the apostles there were "vagabond Jews, exorcists" (Acts 19:13), and men like Simon Magus (Acts 8:9), Bar-jesus (13:6, 8), and other jugglers and impostors (19:19; 2 Tim. 3:13). Every species and degree of this superstition was strictly forbidden by the law of Moses (Ex. 22:18; Lev. 19:26, 31; 20:27; Deut. 18:10, 11). But beyond these various forms of superstition, there are instances of divination on record in the Scriptures by which God was pleased to make known his will. (1.) There was divination by lot, by which, when resorted to in matters of moment, and with solemnity, God intimated his will (Josh. 7:13). The land of Canaan was divided by lot (Num. 26:55, 56); Achan's guilt was detected (Josh. 7:16-19), Saul was elected king (1 Sam. 10:20, 21), and Matthias chosen to the apostleship, by the solem lot (Acts 1:26). It was thus also that the scape-goat was determined (Lev. 16:8-10). (2.) There was divination by dreams (Gen. 20:6; Deut. 13:1, 3; Judg. 7:13, 15; Matt. 1:20; 2:12, 13, 19, 22). This is illustrated in the history of Joseph (Gen. 41:25-32) and of Daniel (2:27; 4:19-28). (3.) By divine appointment there was also divination by the Urim and Thummim (Num. 27:21), and by the ephod. (4.) God was pleased sometimes to vouch-safe direct vocal communications to men (Deut. 34:10; Ex. 3:4; 4:3; Deut. 4:14, 15; 1 Kings 19:12). He also communed with men from above the mercy-seat (Ex. 25:22), and at the door of the tabernacle (Ex. 29:42, 43). (5.) Through his prophets God revealed himself, and gave intimations of his will (2 Kings 13:17; Jer. 51:63, 64).

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Fable

Applied in the New Testament to the traditions and speculations, "cunningly devised fables", of the Jews on religious questions (1 Tim. 1:4; 4:7; 2 Tim. 4:4; Titus 1:14; 2 Pet. 1:16). In such passages the word means anything false and unreal. But the word is used as almost equivalent to parable. Thus we have (1) the fable of Jotham, in which the trees are spoken of as choosing a king (Judg. 9:8-15); and (2) that of the cedars of Lebanon and the thistle as Jehoash's answer to Amaziah (2 Kings 14:9).

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Gap

A rent or opening in a wall (Ezek. 13:5; comp. Amos 4:3). The false prophets did not stand in the gap (Ezek. 22: 30), i.e., they did nothing to stop the outbreak of wickedness.

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Sun

(Heb. shemesh), first mentioned along with the moon as the two great luminaries of heaven (Gen. 1:14-18). By their motions and influence they were intended to mark and divide times and seasons. The worship of the sun was one of the oldest forms of false religion (Job 31:26, 27), and was common among the Egyptians and Chaldeans and other pagan nations. The Jews were warned against this form of idolatry (Deut. 4:19; 17:3; comp. 2 Kings 23:11; Jer. 19:13).

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Witness

More than one witness was required in criminal cases (Deut. 17:6; 19:15). They were the first to execute the sentence on the condemned (Deut. 13:9; 17:7; 1 Kings 21:13; Matt. 27:1; Acts 7:57, 58). False witnesses were liable to punishment (Deut. 19:16-21). It was also an offence to refuse to bear witness (Lev. 5:1).

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