שָׁקַר
shâqar · shaw-kar'
to cheat, i.e. be untrue (usually in words)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to cheat, i.e. be untrue (usually in words)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fail, deal falsely, lie.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest
To consume, to destroy of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁקַר 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- that thou wilt not deal falsely1 · 17%
- neither lie1 · 17%
- will not lie1 · 17%
- thee, neither have we dealt falsely1 · 17%
- to fail1 · 17%
- that will not lie1 · 17%
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.