lying
Found 57 times in the King James Bible
H8267
Hebrew
G2749
Greek
English Definition
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
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.