Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H4820: מִרְמָה

mirmâh · pronounced meer-maw' · “deceit”

Definition

fraud

KJV translates it as: craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.

Word origin: from H7411 (רָמָה) in the sense of deceiving;

Extended definition

deceit, treachery

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H4820 is translated

  • deceit ×33
  • deceits ×3
  • treachery ×1
  • are deceit ×1
  • is deceit ×1

Bible verses with H4820 (mirmâh)

Mirmâh appears in 38 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • Genesis 27:35

    And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.

  • Genesis 34:13

    And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:

  • 2 Kings 9:23

    And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.

  • Job 15:35

    They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

  • Job 31:5

    If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

  • Psalms 5:6

    Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

  • Psalms 10:7

    His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

  • Psalms 17:1

    A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

  • Psalms 24:4

    He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

  • Psalms 34:13

    Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

  • Psalms 35:20

    For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

  • Psalms 36:3

    The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

  • Psalms 38:12

    They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

  • Psalms 43:1

    Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

  • Psalms 50:19

    Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

  • Psalms 52:4

    Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

  • Psalms 55:11

    Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

  • Psalms 55:23

    But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

  • Psalms 109:2

    For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

  • Proverbs 11:1

    A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

  • Proverbs 12:5

    The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

  • Proverbs 12:17

    He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

  • Proverbs 12:20

    Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

  • Proverbs 14:8

    The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Proverbs 14:25

    A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

All 38 references

Words derived from H4820