Quick Definition
deception
Strong's Definition
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
Derivation: from H8266 (שָׁקַר);
KJV Usage: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, [phrase] lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
TWOT Reference: 2461a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שֶׁ֫קֶר (she.qer) — deception. 1) lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood 1a) deception (what deceives or disappoints or betrays one) 1b) deceit, fraud, wrong 1b1) fraudulently, wrongfully (as adverb) 1c) falsehood (injurious in testimony) 1c1) testify falsehood, false oath, swear falsely 1d) falsity (of false or self-deceived prophets) 1e) lie, falsehood (in general) 1e1) false tongue 1f) in vain
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · שׁקר
Unfaithful | ≈ בָּגֹוד · נאף | ≠ חֶסֶד
treachery = state in which humans are not committed towards fulfilling their obligations and show that by their actions
2SA 18:13 · PSA 119:29 · PSA 119:104 · PSA 119:128 · PSA 119:163 · PRO 20:17 · ISA 57:4 · JER 3:10 · JER 6:13 · JER 8:10 · JER 9:2 · JER 23:14 · HOS 7:1
Cause | ≈ חִנָּם
wrongfully, without cause literally: falsely; hence: = process by which actions are taken without any justifying motivation
PSA 35:19 · PSA 38:20 · PSA 69:5 · PSA 119:78 · PSA 119:86
False | ≈ חָלָק · כזב · כָּזָב · כחשׁ · מִרְמָה · רְמִיָּה · שָׁוְא
falsehood, lies literally: falsehood; hence: = state in which things that are being communicated are factually untrue
EXO 5:9 · EXO 20:16 · EXO 23:7 · LEV 5:22 · LEV 5:24 · LEV 19:12 · DEU 19:18 · DEU 19:18 · 1KI 22:22 · 1KI 22:23 · 2KI 9:12 · 2CH 18:21 · 2CH 18:22 · JOB 13:4 · JOB 36:4 · PSA 7:15 · PSA 27:12 · PSA 31:19 · PSA 52:5 · PSA 63:12 · PSA 101:7 · PSA 109:2 · PSA 119:69 · PSA 120:2 · PSA 144:8 · PSA 144:11 · PRO 6:17 · PRO 6:19 · PRO 10:18 · PRO 12:17 · PRO 12:19 · PRO 12:22 · PRO 13:5 · PRO 14:5 · PRO 17:4 · PRO 17:7 · PRO 19:5 · PRO 19:9 · PRO 21:6 · PRO 25:18 · PRO 26:28 · PRO 29:12 · ISA 9:14 · ISA 28:15 · ISA 32:7 · ISA 59:3 · ISA 59:13 · JER 5:2 · JER 5:31 · JER 7:4 · JER 7:8 · JER 7:9 · JER 9:4 · JER 14:14 · JER 14:14 · JER 20:6 · JER 23:25 · JER 23:26 · JER 23:32 · JER 23:32 · JER 27:10 · JER 27:14 · JER 27:15 · JER 27:16 · JER 28:15 · JER 29:9 · JER 29:21 · JER 29:23 · JER 29:31 · JER 37:14 · JER 40:16 · JER 43:2 · EZK 13:22 · MIC 2:11 · MIC 6:12 · HAB 2:18 · ZEC 5:4 · ZEC 8:17 · ZEC 10:2 · ZEC 13:3 · MAL 3:5
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שֶׁ֫קֶר 113 n.m. deception, disappointment, falsehood deception, what deceives, disappoints, and betrays one
deceit, fraud, wrong
injurious falsehood, in testimony
falsity, of false or self-deceived prophets
lie, falsehood, in gen.
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