Deceptive
כֶּחָשׁStrong’s H3586kechash (ke-chash)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Kechash is the Hebrew word usually translated “lying”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:”
Meaning
- Deceitful, false, deceptive, lying
How it's translated
- lying 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
כֶּחָשׁ kechash · deceptive
deceitful, false, deceptive, lying
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.