H3586 H3586
lying, deceptive, false (plural adjective)
This adjective appears in Isaiah 30:9, part of a prophetic indictment against Judah: 'This is a rebellious people, lying children, children unwilling to hear the LORD's instruction.' The plural 'lying children' parallels 'rebellious people,' creating a devastating characterization. The word derives from a root meaning to deceive or lie (kachash), and here describes children defined by deception—not occasional liars but people whose fundamental character is untruthful. The parallelism emphasizes systematic refusal to accept divine truth.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Isaiah 30:9 employs this plural adjective to characterize Judah as 'lying children' who refuse divine instruction. Derived from the root kachash (deceive, lie, fail), the form intensifies the indictment. Spanish 'mentirosos' (liars) and English 'lying' capture the sense, while French/German leave it untransliterated, perhaps acknowledging textual difficulty. The term parallels 'rebellious people,' creating a comprehensive picture of covenantal infidelity expressed through both active rebellion and deceptive character. 1×
AR["كَاذِبُونَ"]·ben["মিথ্যাবাদী"]·DE["[כחשים]"]·EN["lying"]·FR["[כחשים]"]·heb["כחשים"]·HI["झूठे"]·ID["pendusta"]·IT["[כחשים]"]·jav["ingkang-goroh"]·KO["거짓의"]·PT["mentirosos"]·RU["лживые"]·ES["mentirosos"]·SW["wa-uongo"]·TR["yalanci"]·urd["جھوٹے"]
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [כֶּחָשׁ] adj. deceptive, false (on format. v. BaNB 50 Ges§ 84b)—בָּנִים כֶּחָשִׁים Is 30:9 (‖ עַם מְרִי).