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מִרְמָה H4820
H4820 is the Hebrew word מִרְמָה, transliterated mirmâh and said meer-maw'. The King James Version most often renders it deceit.
What it means
fraud.
Where it comes from
from H7411 (רָמָה) in the sense of deceiving.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 29 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
Verses using מִרְמָה
All 28 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 27:35 · KJV
And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
Genesis 34:13 · KJV
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
2 Kings 9:23 · KJV
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.
Psalm 5:6 · KJV
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
Psalm 10:7 · KJV
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Psalm 17:1 · KJV
Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
Psalm 35:20 · KJV
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
Psalm 36:3 · KJV
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
Psalm 38:12 · KJV
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
Psalm 43:1 · KJV
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Psalm 52:4 · KJV
Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
Psalm 55:11 · KJV
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
Psalm 55:23 · KJV
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
Psalm 109:2 · KJV
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
Proverbs 11:1 · KJV
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
Proverbs 12:20 · KJV
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
Proverbs 14:25 · KJV
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
Proverbs 20:23 · KJV
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
Proverbs 26:24 · KJV
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
Isaiah 53:9 · KJV
And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
Jeremiah 5:27 · KJV
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
Jeremiah 9:6 · KJV
Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 9:8 · KJV
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
Daniel 8:25 · KJV
And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
Daniel 11:23 · KJV
And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
Hosea 11:12 · KJV
Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.
Hosea 12:7 · KJV
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Micah 6:11 · KJV
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Common questions
What does Strong's H4820 mean?
H4820 is the Hebrew word מִרְמָה (mirmâh), meaning fraud.
How is H4820 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it deceit (9 times), deceitful (8 times), deceitfully (2 times), false (2 times), subtilty (1 time), among others.
How many times does H4820 appear in the Bible?
מִרְמָה (mirmâh) is tagged in 28 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H4820 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H7411 (רָמָה) in the sense of deceiving.
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