- Original: כּזב - Transliteration: Kazab - Phonetic: kaw-zab' - Definition: 1. to lie, tell a lie, be a liar, be found a liar, be in vain, fail a. (Qal) liar (participle) b. (Niphal) to be proven to be lying c. (Piel) 1. to lie, tell a lie, tell a lie with, deceive 2. to disappoint, fail d. (Hiphil) to make a liar, prove to be a liar - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 970 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to lie (that is deceive) literally or figuratively: - fail (be found a make a) liar lie lying be in vain. Total KJV Occurrences: 17 • fail, 1 Isaiah 58:11 • liar, 2 Job 24:25; Proverbs 30:6 • liars, 1 Psalm 116:11 • lie, 8 Numbers 23:19; 2 Kings 4:16; Job 6:28; Job 34:6; Psalm 89:35; Proverbs 14:5; Micah 2:11; Habakkuk 2:3 • lied, 2 Psalm 78:36; Isaiah 57:11 • lies, 1 Judges 16:13 • lying, 1 Ezekiel 13:19 • vain, 1 Job 41:9