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kāzav כָּזַב ‘to lie’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

kāzav v
1) to lie, tell a lie, be a liar, be found a liar, be in vain, fail
 1a) (Qal) liar (participle)
 1b) (Niphal) to be proven to be lying
 1c) (Piel)
  1c1) to lie, tell a lie, tell a lie with, deceive
  1c2) to disappoint, fail
 1d) (Hiphil) to make a liar, prove to be a liar

Mentioned in Numbers 23:19 Judges 16:10, 16:13 2 Kings 4:16 Isaiah 57:11, 58:11 Ezekiel 13:19 Micah 2:11 Habakkuk 2:3 Psalms 116:11, 89:36, 78:36 Proverbs 30:6, 14:5 Job 24:25, 41:1, 6:28, 34:6

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