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False

כְּדַבStrong’s H3538

kedav (ke-dav)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Kedav is the Aramaic word usually translated “lie”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.”
Daniel 2:9 KJV
Meaning
  1. False, lying
How it's translated
  • a lie 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Daniel 1

1 book in all.

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    Aramaic dictionary

    כְּדַב kedav · false

    false, lying

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “false” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    FALSE, adjective

    [Latin falsus, from fallo, to deceive. See Fall and Fail.]

    1. Not true; not conformable to fact; expressing what is contrary to that which exists, is done, said or thought.
    2. Not well founded; as a false claim.
    3. Not true; not according to the lawful standard; as a false weight or measure.
    4. Substituted for another; succedaneous; supposititious; as a false bottom.
    All definitions and other forms of “false”
    1. Counterfeit; forged; not genuine; as false coin; a false bill or note.
    2. Not solid or sound; deceiving expectations; as a false foundation
    3. Not agreeable to rule or propriety; as false construction in language.
    4. Not honest or just; not fair; as false play.
    5. Not faithful or loyal; treacherous; perfidious; deceitful.
    6. Unfaithful; inconstant; as a false friend; a false lover; false to promises and vows.
    7. Deceitful; treacherous; betraying secrets.
    8. Counterfeit; not genuine or real; as a false diamond.
    9. Hypocritical; feigned; made or assumed for the purpose of deception; as false tears; false modesty.

    FALSE, adverb

    Not truly; not honestly; falsely.

      FALSE, verb transitive

      1. To violate by failure of veracity; to deceive. obsolete
      2. To defeat; to balk; to evade. obsolete

      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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.