מִרְמָה
mirmâh · meer-maw'
fraud
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7411 (רָמָה) in the sense of deceiving;
fraud
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִרְמָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
39 occurrences · 39 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- deceit6 · 16%
- deceitfully3 · 8%
- and deceit3 · 8%
- of deceit3 · 8%
- and deceitful2 · 5%
- with subtilty1 · 3%
- there is treachery1 · 3%
- to deceit1 · 3%
- out of feigned1 · 3%
- guile1 · 3%
- deceitful1 · 3%
- deceits1 · 3%
- me from the deceitful1 · 3%
- o thou deceitful1 · 3%
- and guile1 · 3%
- of the deceitful1 · 3%
- a false1 · 3%
- are deceit1 · 3%
- is deceit1 · 3%
- but a deceitful1 · 3%
- and a false1 · 3%
- neither was any deceit1 · 3%
- through deceit1 · 3%
- also he shall cause craft1 · 3%
- with deceit1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.