Deceptive
אַכְזָבStrong’s H0391akhzav (akh-zav)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Akhzav is the Hebrew word usually translated “deceitful thing”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?”
Meaning
- Deceitful, treacherous, deception, lie, deceptive, disappointing
How it's translated
- a deceitful thing 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 1
- Micah 1
2 books in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
אַכְזָב akhzav · deceptive
deceitful, treacherous, deception, lie, deceptive, disappointing
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “deceptive” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DECEP'TIVE, adjective
Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress false opinions; as a deceptive countenance or appearance.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.