Exodus 20:16
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
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Revelation 20:10
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
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Exodus
33 verses
Deuteronomy
33 verses
2 Kings
11 verses
Job
11 verses
Psalms
55 verses
Proverbs
1111 verses
Jeremiah
33 verses
Lamentations
11 verses
Ezekiel
11 verses
Zechariah
22 verses
Malachi
11 verses
Matthew
97 verses
Mark
54 verses
Luke
33 verses
Acts
22 verses
Romans
11 verses
1 Corinthians
11 verses
2 Corinthians
22 verses
Galatians
11 verses
2 Timothy
11 verses
Titus
11 verses
2 Peter
21 verses
1 John
11 verses
Revelation
33 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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שֶׁקֶר
sheqer · sheh'-ker
20 times translated as this KJV form111 total Strong's occurrences
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
Strong's KJV usage: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 20:16Strong's last: Malachi 3:5
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pseudoprophḗtēs · psyoo-dop-rof-ay'-tace
5 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
a spurious prophet, i.e. pretended foreteller or religious impostor
Strong's KJV usage: :--false prophet.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 7:15Strong's last: Luke 6:26
Open full G5578 profile →שָׁוְא
shâvᵉʼ · shawv
5 times translated as this KJV form53 total Strong's occurrences
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
Strong's KJV usage: false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
Strong's first: Exodus 23:1Strong's last: Zechariah 10:2
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pseudomartyréō · psyoo-dom-ar-too-reh'-o
2 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
to be an untrue testifier, i.e. offer falsehood in evidence
Strong's KJV usage: :--be a false witness.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Mark 10:19Strong's last: Luke 18:20
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pseudóchristos · psyoo-dokh'-ris-tos
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a spurious Messiah
Strong's KJV usage: :--false Christ.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 24:24Strong's last: Mark 13:22
Open full G5580 profile →חָמָס
châmâç · khaw-mawce'
2 times translated as this KJV form59 total Strong's occurrences
violence; by implication, wrong; by metonymy unjust gain
Strong's KJV usage: cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, × oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 19:16Strong's last: Psalms 35:11
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mirmâh · meer-maw'
2 times translated as this KJV form39 total Strong's occurrences
fraud
Strong's KJV usage: craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 11:1Strong's last: Proverbs 20:23
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pseudḗs · psyoo-dace'
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
untrue, i.e. erroneous, deceitful, wicked
Strong's KJV usage: :--false, liar.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 6:13Strong's last: Acts 6:13
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pseudomartyría · psyoo-dom-ar-too-ree'-ah
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
untrue testimony
Strong's KJV usage: :--false witness.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 15:19Strong's last: Matthew 15:19
Open full G5577 profile →אָוֶן
ʼâven · aw-ven'
1 times translated as this KJV form78 total Strong's occurrences
strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
Strong's KJV usage: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain, vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare 369.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 17:4Strong's last: Proverbs 17:4
Open full H205 profile →כָּזָב
kâzâb · kaw-zawb'
1 times translated as this KJV form30 total Strong's occurrences
falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)
Strong's KJV usage: deceitful, false, leasing, liar, lie, lying.
Strong's first: Proverbs 21:28Strong's last: Proverbs 21:28
Open full H3577 profile →רְמִיָּה
rᵉmîyâh · rem-ee-yaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences
remissness, treachery
Strong's KJV usage: deceit(-ful, -fully), false, guile, idle, slack, slothful.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 120:3Strong's last: Psalms 120:3
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H8267
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
H2555
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
H8267
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
H8267
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
H7423
What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
English meaning and historical usage.
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FALSE
FALSE, adjective [Latin falsus, from fallo, to deceive. See Fall and Fail.]
1. Not true; not conformable to fact; expressing what is contrary to that which exists, is done, said or thought. A false report communicates what is not done or said. A false accusation imputes to a person what he has not done or said. A false witness testifies what is not true. A false opinion is not according to truth or fact. The word is applicable to any subject, physical or moral.
2. Not well founded; as a false claim.
3. Not true; not according to the lawful standard; as a false weight or measure.
4. Substituted for another; succedaneous; supposititious; as a false bottom.
5. Counterfeit; forged; not genuine; as false coin; a false bill or note.
6. Not solid or sound; deceiving expectations; as a false foundation
FALSE and slippery ground.
7. Not agreeable to rule or propriety; as false construction in language.
8. Not honest or just; not fair; as false play.
9. Not faithful or loyal; treacherous; perfidious; deceitful. The king's subjects may prove false to him. So we say, a false heart.
10. Unfaithful; inconstant; as a false friend; a false lover; false to promises and vows.
The husband and wife proved false to each other.
11. Deceitful; treacherous; betraying secrets.
12. Counterfeit; not genuine or real; as a false diamond.
13. Hypocritical; feigned; made or assumed for the purpose of deception; as false tears; false modesty. The man appears in false colors. The advocate gave the subject a false coloring.
FALSE fire, a blue flame, made by the burning of certain combustibles, in a wooden tube; used as a signal during the night.
FALSE imprisonment, the arrest and imprisonment of a person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or the unlawful detaining of a person in custody.
FALSE, adverb Not truly; not honestly; falsely.
FALSE, verb transitive
1. To violate by failure of veracity; to deceive. obsolete
2. To defeat; to balk; to evade. obsolete
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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