What does שֶׁקֶר · γλῶσσα mean in the Bible?
שֶׁקֶר · γλῶσσα is a Hebrew phrase meaning "speech that deliberately communicates falsehood".
Hebrew · H8267, G1100
לְשׁוֹן שֶׁקֶר
An untruth ; by implication, a sham (often adverbial) · the tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired)
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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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γλῶσσα G1100 the tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired)
Pronunciation glōssa
Refers to actual human languages or ecstatic speech phenomenon, depending on Corinthian context usage.
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What does לְשׁוֹן שֶׁקֶר (leshon sheqer) mean in the Bible?
שֶׁקֶר · γλῶσσα is a Hebrew phrase meaning "speech that deliberately communicates falsehood".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H8267, G1100?
H8267, G1100 is connected to 113 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. speech that deliberately communicates falsehood
Strong's H8267, G1100
Lexical occurrences 113 verses Source Gloss
speech that deliberately communicates falsehood
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
לְשׁוֹן שֶׁקֶר is built from this root:
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MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
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