lying

Found 57 times in the King James Bible

H8267 Hebrew
G2749 Greek

English Definition

an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)

ע Hebrew (Old Testament)

Original Script

שֶׁקֶר

Transliteration

sheqer

Strong's Reference H8267

Ω Greek (New Testament)

Original Script

κεῖμαι

Transliteration

sûwm

Strong's Reference G2749
Greek Meaning

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

"Lying" translates different words in the original languages. In the Old Testament (Hebrew) it corresponds to H8267, while in the New Testament (Greek) it corresponds to G2749. Context determines which original word is being used.

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