362 occurrences in 12 translations

'Lie' in the Bible

That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.

Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.

If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

Hey king of Assyria! Your shepherds are asleep and your nobles are lying down! Your people lie scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them together.

And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.

This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

I have cut off nations;their corner towers are destroyed.I have laid waste their streets,with no one to pass through.Their cities lie devastated,without a person, without an inhabitant.

The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.

Then, if anyone prophesies in spite of this, his father and mother to whom he was born will say to him, 'You cannot live, for you lie in the name of the Lord.' Then his father and mother to whom he was born will run him through with a sword when he prophesies.

And he commanded the crowds to lie down on the ground;

"Which Commandments?" he asked. Jesus answered, "'Thou shalt not kill;' 'Thou shalt not commit adultery;' 'Thou shalt not steal;' 'Thou shalt not lie in giving evidence;'

They came and said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and have no personal bias toward anyone; for You are not influenced by outward appearances or social status, but in truth You teach the way of God. Is it lawful [according to Jewish law and tradition] to pay the poll-tax to [Tiberius] Caesar, or not?

Alas for you! for you are like the tombs which lie hidden, and the people who walk over them are not aware of their existence."

And they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall lie down at table in the kingdom of God.

But which of you is there who, having a bondman ploughing or shepherding, when he comes in out of the field, will say, Come and lie down immediately to table?

Whoever receives His testimony has set his seal [of approval] to this: God is true [and he knows that God cannot lie].

In these there used to lie a great number of sick persons, and of people who were blind or lame or paralyzed.

When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?

Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,

As long as it remained unsold, wasn't it your own? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? So how could you have thought of doing what you did? You didn't lie only to men, but also to God!"

But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.

For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person's area.

The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.

Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.

in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge [regarding the word and purposes of God].

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities around them, committing greedily fornication, in like manner with them, and going after other flesh, lie there as an example, undergoing the judgment of eternal fire.

Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁכב 
Shakab 
lie , sleep , lie down , rest , lien ,
Usage: 210

ἐπίκειμαι 
Epikeimai 
press upon , be instant , lie , be laid thereon , lie on , be laid upon , be imposed on
Usage: 7

אחשׁדּרפּן 
'achashdarpan 
Usage: 4

אכזב 
'akzab 
liar , lie
Usage: 2

ארב 
'arab 
lay in wait , liers in wait , ambush
Usage: 42

ארב 
'ereb 
lie in wait , den
Usage: 2

בּד 
Bad 
lie , liar , parts
Usage: 5

חנה 
Chanah 
pitch , encamp , camp , pitch ... tent , abide , dwelt , lie , rested , grows to an end
Usage: 143

כּזב 
Kazab 
lie , liar , vain , fail
Usage: 17

כּזב 
Kazab 
Usage: 30

כּחשׁ 
Kachash 
Usage: 23

כּחשׁ 
Kachash 
Usage: 6

לין לוּן 
Luwn 
lodge , murmur , ... the night , abide , remain , tarry , lodge in , continue , dwell , endure , grudge , left , lie , variant
Usage: 84

מארב 
Ma'arab 
Usage: 5

מרבּץ 
Marbets 
Usage: 2

נטשׁ 
Natash 
Usage: 40

נפל 
Naphal 
Usage: 434

סמך 
Camak 
Usage: 48

עקּבה עקב 
`aqeb 
heel , footsteps , horsehoofs , at the last , steps , liers in wait
Usage: 14

רבע 
Raba` 
Usage: 3

רבץ 
Rebets 
Usage: 4

שׁגל 
Shagal 
be lien , variant
Usage: 2

שׁו שׁואo 
Shav' 
Usage: 53

שׁכבה 
Sh@kabah 
Usage: 9

שׁכבת 
Sh@kobeth 
lie
Usage: 4

שׁען 
Sha`an 
lean , stay , rely , rest , lieth
Usage: 22

שׁקר 
Shaqar 
Usage: 6

שׁקר 
Sheqer 
Usage: 113

תּאן 
T@'un 
Usage: 1

ἀνακεῖμαι 
Anakeimai 
sit at meat , guests , sit , sit down , be set down , lie , lean , at the table
Usage: 10

ἀποθνήσκω 
Apothnesko 
die , be dead , be at the point of death +9 , perish , lie a dying , be slain + , vr dead
Usage: 93

ἀψευδής 
Apseudes 
Usage: 1

βάλλω 
Ballo 
cast , put , thrust , cast out , lay , lie ,
Usage: 66

ἐνεδρεύω 
Enedreuo 
Usage: 2

ἐπιπίπτω 
Epipipto 
fall , fall on , press , lie
Usage: 12

ἐσχάτως 
Eschatos 
lie at the point of death 9
Usage: 1

κατάκειμαι 
Katakeimai 
lie , sit at meat , keep , sat down
Usage: 11

κεῖμαι 
Keimai 
lie , be laid , be set , be appointed , be , be made , laid up , there
Usage: 23

μεθοδεία 
methodeia 
lie in wait , wile
Usage: 2

περίχωρος 
Perichoros 
Usage: 10

συνέχω 
sunecho 
be taken with , throng , straiten , keep in , hold , stop , press , lie sick of , constrain , be in a strait
Usage: 10

ψευδολόγος 
Pseudologos 
Usage: 1

ψεύδομαι 
Pseudomai 
Usage: 10

ψεῦδος 
Pseudos 
Usage: 8

ψεῦσμα 
Pseusma 
lie
Usage: 1

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