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kāzᵊvī כָּזְבִי ‘Cozbi’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from kāzav כָּזַב ‘to lie’
Roots: כזב

kāzᵊvī pr n f pers
Cozbi = "my lie"
1) a daughter of Zur, a chief of the Midianites, who was slain by Phinehas because of her adultery

Mentioned in Numbers 25:15, 25:18

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