11 occurrences in 12 translations

'Lying' in the Bible

The servants waited until they became worried and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upstairs room. So they took the key and opened the doors—and there was their lord lying dead on the floor!

Verse ConceptsKeys

But Ja'el the wife of Heber took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple, till it went down into the ground, as he was lying fast asleep from weariness. So he died.

Verse ConceptsTentsTirednessHammersNailsPegsSharp ToolsTired In FlightKilling Named Individuals

When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “Come and I will show you the man you are looking for.” So he went in with her, and there was Sisera lying dead with a tent peg through his temple!

Verse ConceptsPeople Made KnownThose Looking For People

and Midian and Amalek, and all the sons of the east are lying in the valley, as the locust for multitude, and of their camels there is no number, as sand which is on the sea-shore for multitude.

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsLocustsSandCamelsMany CreaturesSand And Gravel

And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait.

Verse ConceptsStanding In The Gateway

Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.

Verse ConceptsAmbush

Some time later, Delilah told Samson, "Look here! You've been mocking me and lying to me. Now please tell me how you can be tied up."

Verse ConceptsLying, Examples OfIndividuals Who LiedTying Up

So Deli'lah took new ropes and bound him with them, and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And the men lying in wait were in an inner chamber. But he snapped the ropes off his arms like a thread.

Verse ConceptsArmsCordsAmbush

And her master rose up in the morning, and when he opened the doors of the house and went out to go on his way, behold, there was his concubine lying at the door of the house, with her hands on the threshold.

And this is the thing which ye do; every male, and every woman knowing the lying of a male, ye devote.'

And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

Verse ConceptsFour To Five HundredFour And Five Hundred

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
כּדב 
K@dab (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

כּזב 
Kazab 
Usage: 30

כּחשׁ 
Kachash 
Usage: 6

כּחשׁ 
Kechash 
Usage: 1

לוּד 
Luwd 
Usage: 5

לוּדיּי לוּדי 
Luwdiy 
Usage: 3

שׁו שׁואo 
Shav' 
Usage: 53

שׁקר 
Sheqer 
Usage: 113

ἔνεδρον 
Enedron 
lying in wait
Usage: 1

ἐπιβουλή 
Epiboule 
Usage: 4

Λύδδα 
Ludda 
Usage: 3

Λυδία 
Ludia 
Usage: 2

Λυκαονία 
Lukaonia 
Usage: 1

Λυκαονιστί 
Lukaonisti 
Usage: 1

Λυσανίας 
Lusanias 
Usage: 1

Λυσίας 
Lusias 
Usage: 3

Λύστρα 
Lustra 
Usage: 6

ψεῦδος 
Pseudos 
Usage: 8

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