What does נָבָא · שֶׁקֶר mean in the Bible?
נָבָא · שֶׁקֶר is a Hebrew phrase meaning "you prophesied falsely".
Hebrew · H5012, H8267
נִבֵּאתָ לָּהֶם בַּשָּׁקֶר
To prophesy , i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse) · an untruth ; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
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נָבָא H5012 to prophesy , i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
Pronunciation nābāʾ
Inspired speech claiming divine source, encompassing both predictive utterance and exhortatory discourse.
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שֶׁקֶר H8267 an untruth ; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
Pronunciation sheqer
Deception spanning utterance to substance: false words, false things, false actions—a comprehensive term for anything counterfeit or misleading.
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What does נִבֵּאתָ לָּהֶם בַּשָּׁקֶר (nibbeta lahem bashaqer) mean in the Bible?
נָבָא · שֶׁקֶר is a Hebrew phrase meaning "you prophesied falsely".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H5012, H8267?
H5012, H8267 is connected to 228 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. you prophesied falsely
Source Gloss
you prophesied falsely
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 65
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 54×
Sequential imperfect Amos 7:15 · Ezek 11:4 · Ezek 13:2 · Ezek 21:14 · Ezek 21:19 · Ezek 21:33 · Ezek 30:2 · Ezek 34:2 · Ezek 36:1 · Ezek 36:3 · Ezek 36:6 · Ezek 37:4 · Ezek 37:9 · Ezek 37:12 · Ezek 38:14 · Ezek 39:1 19×
Participle active 1Kgs 22:12 · 1Sam 10:11 · 1Sam 19:20 · 2Chr 18:11 · Ezek 12:27 · Jer 14:14 · Jer 14:16 · Jer 23:26 · Jer 23:32 · Jer 26:18 · Jer 27:10 · Jer 27:14 · Jer 27:15 · Jer 27:16 · Jer 29:9 · Jer 32:3 16×
Perfect Jer 2:8 · Jer 5:31 · Jer 23:21 · Jer 37:19 · Jer 20:6 · Jer 26:9 · Jer 28:6 · Jer 25:13 · Jer 26:11 · Jer 29:31 10×
Imperfect Amos 7:12 · Amos 7:16 · Jer 11:21 · Jer 25:30 · Amos 3:8 · Jer 28:9 · Zech 13:3 · Amos 2:12 8×
Participle passive Jer 20:1 1×
Hithpael reflexive or reciprocal — the subject acts on itself or mutually with others 11×
Participle active 1Kgs 22:10 · 1Sam 10:5 · 2Chr 18:7 · 2Chr 18:9 · Jer 14:14 · Jer 26:20 · Num 11:27 7×
Imperfect 1Kgs 22:8 · 1Kgs 22:18 · 2Chr 18:17 3×
Perfect Jer 23:13 1×
Word Origins
נִבֵּאתָ לָּהֶם בַּשָּׁקֶר is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain