Deception
שֶׁ֫קֶרStrong’s H8267sheqer (she-qer)
Appears in 109 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sheqer is the Hebrew word usually translated “falsehood”, “deception” and “lies”. It appears in 109 verses of the Old Testament.
“I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.”
Meaning
- Lie, deception, disappointment, falsehooddeception (what deceives or disappoints or betrays one) · deceit, fraud, wrong · falsehood (injurious in testimony) · falsity (of false or self-deceived prophets) · lie, falsehood (in general) · in vain
How it's translated
- falsehood 77
- deception 10
- to falsehood 7
- lies 4
- with falsehood 3
- to deception 2
- in falsehood 2
- a vain hope 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 34
- Psalms 22
- Proverbs 20
- Isaiah 7
- Zechariah 4
- Exodus 3
19 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 8:17In contextAnd let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.
- Zechariah 10:2In contextFor the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.
- Zechariah 13:3In contextAnd it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
- Exodus 5:9Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
- Exodus 20:16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
- Exodus 23:7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
All 109 verses, by book
- Deuteronomy 1
- 19:18
- 1 Samuel 1
- 25:21
- 2 Samuel 1
- 18:13
- 2 Kings 1
- 9:12
- Psalms 22
- 7:1427:1231:1833:1735:1938:1952:363:1169:4101:7109:2119:29119:69119:78119:86119:104119:118119:128119:163120:2144:8144:11
- Proverbs 20
- 6:176:1910:1811:1812:1712:1912:2213:514:517:417:719:519:920:1721:625:1425:1826:2829:1231:30
- Jeremiah 34
- 3:103:235:25:316:137:47:87:98:88:109:39:510:1413:2514:1416:1920:623:1423:2523:2623:3227:1027:1427:1527:1628:1529:929:2129:2329:3137:1440:1643:251:17
- Ezekiel 1
- 13:22
- Hosea 1
- 7:1
- Habakkuk 1
- 2:18
- Malachi 1
- 3:5
Hebrew dictionary
שֶׁ֫קֶר sheqer · deception
1) lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood 1a) deception (what deceives or disappoints or betrays one) 1b) deceit, fraud, wrong 1b1) fraudulently, wrongfully (as adverb) 1c) falsehood (injurious in testimony) 1c1) testify falsehood, false oath, swear falsely 1d) falsity (of false or self-deceived prophets) 1e) lie, falsehood (in general) 1e1) false tongue 1f) in vain
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “deception” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DECEP'TION, noun
- The act of deceiving or misleading.
- The state of being deceived or misled.
- Artifice practiced; cheat; as, a scheme is alla deception
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.