King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4820
Transliteration: mirmah
Phonetic Spelling: (meer-maw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: deceit, treachery
Meaning: deceit, treachery
Word Summary
mirmah: deceit, treachery
Original Word: מִרְמָהTransliteration: mirmah
Phonetic Spelling: (meer-maw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: deceit, treachery
Meaning: deceit, treachery
Strong's Concordance
craft, deceitful false, feigned, guile, treachery From ramah in the sense of deceiving; fraud -- craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
see HEBREW ramah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4820. mirmah
II. מִרְמָה noun feminine deceit, treachery; — absolute ׳מ Amos 8:5 +; plural absolute מִרְמוֺת Psalm 10:7 +; — deceit, of balances, מ ׳מאןזנֵי i.e. deceptive balances Amos 8:5 ("" שֶׁקֶר), Hosea 12:8; Proverbs 11:1 (opposed to שְׁלֵמָה קֶבֶן), 20:23, מ ׳אַבְנֵי Micah 6:11 (see [ מאזן] p. 24); especially treachery, craftiness, 2 Kings 9:23, ׳בְּמ treacherously, Genesis 27:35 (J), and (of crafty speech) 34:13 (P); מ ׳שִׂמְּתֵי Psalm 17:1 i.e. treacherous lips, מ ׳לְשׁוֺן 52:6, מ ׳מִּי 109:2 ("" שָׁ֑קֶר לְשׁוֺן), מִרְמוֺת דִּבְרֵי 35:20, לְמ ׳נִשְׁבַע 24:4 ("" לַשָּׁוְא); compare Isaiah 53:9 ("" חָמָס); also Hosea 12:1 ("" כַּחַשׁ), Jeremiah 5:27; 9:5 (twice in verse); 9:7; Zephaniah 1:9 (+ חָמָס), Psalm 10:7 (+ תֹּךְ), "" וָאֶוֶּן עָמָל, 34:14; 36:4 (+ אָוֶן), 38:13; Psalm 59:19; 55:12 (+ תֹּךְ), Job 15:35; 31:5 ("" שָׁוְא), Proverbs 12:20; 14:8; 26:24; Daniel 8:25; opposed to מִשְׁמָּט Proverbs 12:5, + שְׁקָרִים עֵר 12:17, + כְּזָבִים יָפִחַ 14:25 (Hi Wild Toy read מְדַמֶּה for מרמה but II. דמה not elsewhere Pi); וּמ דָּמִים ׳אִישׁ Psalm 5:7 ("" בָזָב דֹּבְרֵי), compare Psalm 55:24, מ ׳אִישׁ וְעַוְלָה 43:1; מ ׳יַעֲשֶׁה Daniel 11:23. — II.מִרְמָה proper name.