Strong’s H5230 · Hebrew

נָכַל
nâkal
naw-kal'

Definition

to defraud, i.e. act treacherously

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • beguile
  • conspire
  • deceiver
  • deal subtilly

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.