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Proverbs 12:20
“Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מִרְמָהmirmâh · meer-maw'
H4820 · Hebrew
H4820 · Hebrew
- Definition
- fraud
- Derivation
- from H7411 (רָמָה) in the sense of deceiving;
- KJV renderings
- craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
- Grammar
- מִ֭רְמָה — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 39 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 27:35Genesis 34:132 Kings 9:23Job 15:35Job 31:5
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מִרְמָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.