King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H8267
Transliteration: sheqer
Phonetic Spelling: (sheh'-ker)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: deception, disappointment, falsehood
Meaning: deception, disappointment, falsehood
Word Summary
sheqer: deception, disappointment, falsehood
Original Word: שֶׁקֶרTransliteration: sheqer
Phonetic Spelling: (sheh'-ker)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: deception, disappointment, falsehood
Meaning: deception, disappointment, falsehood
Strong's Concordance
without a cause, deceitful, falsehood feignedly, liar, lie, lying, vain thing, wrongfullyFrom shaqar; an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial) -- without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, + lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
see HEBREW shaqar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8267. sheqer
שֶׁ֫קֶר113 noun masculine deception, disappointment, falsehood; — ׳שׁ Exodus 23:7 64t.; שָׁ֑קֶר 5:9 42t.; plural שְׁקָרִים Psalm 101:7 3t.; suffix שִׁקְרֵיהֶם Jeremiah 23:22; —
1 deception, what deceives, disappoints, and betrays one : a molten image Jeremiah 10:14 = 51:17; gift Proverbs 25:14; grace of person 31:30, etc.; שׁ ׳אֹ֫רַח Psalm 119:104; 119:128; שׁ ׳דֶּ֫רֶח 119:29; בשׁ ׳בטח Jeremiah 13:25; שׁ ׳נחל 16:19, compare also Psalm 7:15; 33:17; 119:118; Isaiah 28:15; לַשֶּׁקֶר for disappointment, in vain 1 Samuel 25:21; Jeremiah 3:23.
2 deceit, fraud, wrong : שׁ (ל) ׳עשׂה do or practise fraud, wrong Hosea 7:1; Jeremiah 6:13; 8:8, 10; with בְ, 2 Samuel 18:13; שׁ ׳מְּעֻלַּת Proverbs 11:18; שׁ ׳לֶ֫חֶם 20:17 food got by fraud; שׁ ׳זֶ֫רע Isaiah 57:4; שׁ ׳עֵט Jeremiah 8:8; שׁ ׳ילד Psalm 7:15 ("" עמל); שׁ קשׁת לשׁון ׳דרךְ Jeremiah 9:2; ׳בְּשׁ 3:10 ("" בגד), adverb שׁקד fraudulently, wrongfully Psalm 35:19; 38:20; 69:5; 119:78; 119:86.
3 injurious falsehood, in testimony, especially in courts : שֶׁקֶר עַד Exodus 20:16 (E) Deuteronomy 19:18; Psalm 27:12; Proverbs 6:19; 14:5; 25:18; שׁקרים עֵד 12:17; 19:5, 9; שׁ ׳ענה Deuteronomy 19:18 testify falsehood; שׁ ׳שְׁבֻעַת Ze 8:17 false oath; לשׁ ׳נשׁבע swear falsely Jeremiah 5:2 5t.; שׁ על ׳נשׁבע Leviticus 5:22; שׁ ׳דבּר Micah 6:12 + (see [ דָּבַר], דָּבָר); שׁ י ׳אִמְרֵ Isaiah 32:7; שׁ ׳שׂפת(י) Psalm 31:19; 120:2; Proverbs 10:18; 17:7; ׳שׁ טפל Job 13:4; Psalm 119:69, compare 119:163; absolute false ! 2 Kings 9:12; Jeremiah 37:14.
4 falsity, of false or self-deceived prophets: שׁ ׳נכּא prophesy falsely Jeremiah 14:14; 23:25-26, 29:21; + ל person 27:10; 20:14, 16; ׳נ ׳לַשּׁ 20:15; ׳נ ׳בשׁ 5:31; 20:6; 29:9; שׁ ׳מוֺרֶה Isaiah 9:14; Habakkuk 2:18; שׁ ׳חזה Zechariah 10:2; שׁ ׳חֲזוֺן Jeremiah 14:14, etc., (+ 12 t.); שׁ ׳רוּח.
5 lie, falsehood, in General: שׁ ׳דבר Psalm 101:7 ("" רְמִיָּה); שׁ ׳דְּבַר Proverbs 13:5; of מִלִּים Job 36:4; שׁ ׳לְשׁוֺן false tongue Proverbs 6:17; 12:19; 21:6; 26:28; Psalm 109:2; of lips Proverbs 12:22; שׁ ׳אִישׁ 17:4 liar.