1. deal falsely, lie — To act deceitfully, deal falsely, or lie, whether in breaking faith with a covenant partner or in speaking falsehood. In the Qal, Abraham makes Abimelech swear not to deal falsely (Gen 21:23). In the Piel (intensive), used of God who will not lie (1 Sam 15:29), of the psalmist pledging not to be false to God's covenant (Ps 89:33), of the command against lying to one another (Lev 19:11), of Israel protesting they have not dealt falsely with God's covenant (Ps 44:17), and of sons who will not deal falsely (Isa 63:8). Arabic consistently uses 'yakdhibu' (lie), Korean 'geojishada' (be false), Hindi 'jhooth bolna' (speak falsehood), Spanish 'mentir' (lie), confirming a unified semantic domain of falsehood and deception. 6×
AR["أَكْذِبُ","تَغُشُّونَ","تَكْذِبُ","نَكْذِبْ","يَكْذِبُ","يَكْذِبُونَ"]·ben["আমি-মিথ্যা-বলব","প্রতারণা-করবে","মিথ্যা-করেছি","মিথ্যা-বলবেন","মিথ্যা-বলে"]·DE["[ישקרו]","du-betrügst","haben-wir-dealt-falsely","ich-wird-sein-falsch","liegen","wird-liege"]·EN["I-will-be-false","deal-falsely","have-we-dealt-falsely","lie","will-lie","you-will-deal-falsely"]·FR["[ישקרו]","fera-m'étends","mentir","se-coucher","tu---deal-falsely"]·heb["אשקר","ישקר","ישקרו","שיקרנו","תשקר","תשקרו"]·HI["झूठ-बोले-हम","झूठ-बोलेंगे","झूठूँगा","झोओथ-बोलेग","तू-झूठ-बोलेगा","धोखा-करोगे"]·ID["Aku-akan-berbohong","akan-berbohong","engkau-berbohong","kamu-berbohong"]·IT["[אשקר]","[ישקרו]","[שקרנו]","giacere","tu-will-trattare-falsely","vorrà-giaci"]·jav["Kula-badhé-goroh","badhe-goroh","badhé-goroh","goroh","kita-sampun-cidra","ngapusi"]·KO["거짓-할-것이라면","거짓말하신다","거짓말할","거짓말할-것이다-너희는","거짓하리라","거짓하였도다"]·PT["fomos-falsos","mentirei","mentireis","mentirá","mentirás","mentirão"]·RU["буду-лжив","лгите","обманешь","солгали","солгут","солжёт"]·ES["fuimos-falsos","mentirá","mentirán","mentirás","mentiré","mentiréis"]·SW["atasema-uongo","danganya","hawatadanganya","kudanganya","mtasema-uongo","si"]·TR["aldatacaksın","yalan-soyleycekler","yalan-söyledik","yalan-söyleyecek","yalan-söyleyeceksiniz","yalanlayacağım"]·urd["جھوٹ-بولیں-گے","جھوٹ-بولے-گا","جھوٹا-ثابت-کروں-گا","دھوکہ-دو","ہم-نے-جھوٹ-بولا"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [שָׁקַר] vb.denom. do or deal falsely;— Qal Impf. 2 ms. תִּשְׁקֹר Gn 21:23 thou wilt not do falsely to me (לִי). Pi. Pf. 1 pl. שִׁקַּ֫רְנוּ ψ 44:18; Impf. 3 ms. יְשַׁקֵּר 1 S 15:29; 3 mpl. יְשַׁקֵּ֑רוּ Is 63:8, etc.;—deal falsely 1 S 15:29; Is 63:8, c. ב pers. Lv 19:11 (‖ כחשׁ); c. ב rei ψ 44:18; 89:34.