Treachery
תׇּרְמָהStrong’s H8649tormah (tor-mah)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tormah is the Hebrew word usually translated “treachery”, “deceitfulness their” and “on deceitfulness”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee.”
Meaning
- In treachery, treacherously
- Deceitfulness, treachery, fraud, deceit
How it's translated
- in treachery 1
- deceitfulness their 1
- on deceitfulness 1
- and deceitfulness of 1
- deceitfulness of 1
- deceitfulness 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 3
- Judges 1
- Psalms 1
- Zephaniah 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 119:118Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
- Jeremiah 8:5Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
- Jeremiah 14:14Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
- Jeremiah 23:26How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;
- Zephaniah 3:13The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
Hebrew dictionary
תׇּרְמָה tormah · treachery
in treachery, treacherously
תַּרְמִית tarmit · deceitfulness
deceitfulness, treachery, fraud, deceit
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “treachery” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TREACHERY, noun
trech'ery. Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence. The man who betrays his country in any manner, violates his allegiance, and is guilty of treachery This is treason. The man who violates his faith pledged to his friend, or betrays a trust in which a promise of fidelity is implied, is guilty of treachery The disclosure of a secret committed to one in confidence, is treachery This is perfidy.
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.