בַּד
bad · bad
a brag or lie; also a liar
Lexicon
Derivation: from H908 (בָּדָא);
a brag or lie; also a liar
- a brag or lie
- also, a liar
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: liar, lie.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the doorway, the way in
The house, what is within of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בַּד 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- should thy lies1 · 17%
- his parts1 · 17%
- but his lies1 · 17%
- of the liars1 · 17%
- but it shall not be so; his lies1 · 17%
- is upon the liars1 · 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.