כָּזַב kâzab

Meaning

to lie (i.e. deceive), literally or figuratively

In the King James Version: fail, (be found a, make a) liar, lie, lying, be in vain.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
• 2 Kings 4:16 And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”
• Job 6:28 But now, please look at me. Would I lie to your face?
• Job 24:25 If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”
• Job 34:6 Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
• Job 41:9 Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?
• Psalms 78:36 But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.
• Psalms 89:35 Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David—
• Psalms 116:11 In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”
• Proverbs 14:5 An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.
• Proverbs 30:6 Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.
• Isaiah 57:11 Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me?
• Isaiah 58:11 The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
• Ezekiel 13:19 You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.
• Micah 2:11 If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!
• Habakkuk 2:3 For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.