שֶׁ֫קֶר
she.qer
“deception”
Definition
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
from H8266 (שָׁקַר);
- 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
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
שֶׁ֫קֶר appears 98 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’
rebelling and denying the LORD,turning away from our God,speaking oppression and revolt,conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.
Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.
For the wealthy of the cityare full of violence,and its residents speak lies;their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
haughty eyes,a lying tongue,hands that shed innocent blood,
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.