Chezib — the meaning of the Hebrew name כְּזִיב

כְּזִיב

Kᵉzîyb · pronounced kez-eeb' · Strong's H3580 · a place

Chezib means falsified.

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כָּזַב kâzab (from, H3576) — to lie (i.e. deceive), literally or figuratively open in the lexicon ›

from H3576; falsified; Kezib, a place in Palestine.

Gen 38:5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Genesis

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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