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# אַכְזָב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H391

**deceptive** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

deceptive [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/391/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אַכְזָב²: adj. deceptive, disappointing [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/391/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. deceptive, disappointing (elative; opp. אֵיתָן q.v. sub יתן)—only abs. sg.:—Mi 1:14 (with play on n.pr. אַכְזִיב); of a deceptive, disappointing stream (cf. Is 58:11) Je 15:18 (‖ מַיִם לֹא נֶאְמָ֑נוּ; on meaning cf. Jb 6:15 ff.)

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a deceitful thing (1); become\] (into) a deceitful thing (1).

## In the verses

[Micah 1:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.1.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.1.14/#tree)

לָכֵן֙ תִּתְּנִ֣י שִׁלּוּחִ֔ים עַ֖ל מוֹרֶ֣שֶׁת גַּ֑ת מוֹרֶ֣שֶׁת גַּ֑ת בָּתֵּ֤י אַכְזִיב֙ לְאַכְזָ֔ב לְמַלְכֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* therefore you.will.give parting.gifts to Moresheth Gath the.houses of.Aczib \[will become\].(into).a.deceitful.thing to the.kings of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* Therefore shalt thou give a parting gift to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib shall be a deceitful thing unto the kings of Israel.

[Jeremiah 15:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.15.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.15.18/#tree)

לָ֣מָּה הָיָ֤ה כְאֵבִי֙ נֶ֔צַח וּמַכָּתִ֖י אֲנוּשָׁ֑ה֙ מֵֽאֲנָה֙ הֵֽרָפֵ֔א הָי֨וֹ תִֽהְיֶ֥ה לִי֙ כְּמ֣וֹ אַכְזָ֔ב מַ֖יִם לֹ֥א נֶאֱמָֽנוּ׃ס

*Word for word:* why? is.it pain my perpetuity and wound my incurable it.has.refused to.be.healed surely.(be) you.are to me like a.deceitful.thing waters \[which\].not they.are.reliable

*JPS 1917:* Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, so that it refuseth to be healed? Wilt Thou indeed be unto me as a deceitful brook, as waters that fail?

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/391.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/391/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).