Mirmah מִרְמָה

Mirmah (Hebrew מִרְמָה, Strong's H4820) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “deceit”. It occurs 39 times in 38 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Cheating

Verses

Every verse with Mirmah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 27:35
  And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”
• Genesis 34:13
  And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 9:23
  And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.Joram turned around and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”

Job

• Job 15:35
  They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
• Job 31:5
  If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,

Psalms

• Psalm 5:6
  Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
• Psalm 10:7
  His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
• Psalm 17:1
  Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
• Psalm 24:4
  He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
• Psalm 34:13
  Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
• Psalm 35:20
  For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
• Psalm 36:3
  The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
• Psalm 38:12
  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.Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
• Psalm 43:1
  Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
• Psalm 50:19
  Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.
• Psalm 52:4
  Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.
• Psalm 55:11
  Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.
• Psalm 55:23
  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.But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
• Psalm 109:2
  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.For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 11:1
  A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
• Proverbs 12:5
  The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.
• Proverbs 12:17
  He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.
• Proverbs 12:20
  Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.
• Proverbs 14:8
  The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.
• Proverbs 14:25
  A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.
• Proverbs 20:23
  Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
• Proverbs 26:24
  He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 53:9
  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.He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 5:27
  As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
• Jeremiah 9:6
  Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.
• Jeremiah 9:8
  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.Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.

Daniel

• Daniel 8:25
  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.Through his craft and by his hand, he will cause deceit to prosper, and in his own mind he will make himself great. In a time of peace he will destroy many, and he will even stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be broken off, but not by human hands.
• Daniel 11:23
  And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.After an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully; for he will rise to power with only a few people.

Hosea

• Hosea 11:12
  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.Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.
• Hosea 12:7
  He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.

Amos

• Amos 8:5
  Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.

Micah

• Micah 6:11
  Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?

Zephaniah

• Zephaniah 1:9
  In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).