Strong’s H4820 · Hebrew

מִרְמָה
mirmâh
meer-maw'

Definition

fraud

Etymology

from H7411 (רָמָה) in the sense of deceiving;

Where the KJV renders it

  • craft
  • deceit(-ful
  • -fully)
  • false
  • feigned
  • guile
  • subtilly
  • treachery

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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