Definition

falsehood; by implication treachery

Etymology

from H3576 (כָּזַב);

Word family

• כָּזַב kâzab

How the KJV renders it

• liar
• lie

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.