Definition

to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• deceive
• deny
• dissemble
• fail
• deal falsely
• be found liars
• (be-) lie
• lying
• submit selves

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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