Belie

King James Dictionary

BELI'E, be and lie. See Lie.

1. To give the lie to to show to be false to charge with falsehood as, the heart belies the tongue. It is rarely used of declarations but of appearances and facts which show that declarations, or certain appearances and pretences are false and hypocritical. Hence. 2. To counterfeit to mimic to feign resemblance.

With dust, with horse's hoofs, that beat the ground,

And martial brass, belie the thunder's sound.

3. To give a false representation.

Should I do so, I should belie my thoughts.

4. To tell lies concerning to calumniate by false reports.

Thou dost belie him, Percy.

5. To fill with lies.

Slander doth belie all corners of the world. Not legitimate

Webster's Dictionary

(1): (n.) To mimic; to counterfeit.

(2): (n.) To fill with lies.

(3): (n.) To give a false representation or account of.

(4): (n.) To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood.

(5): (n.) To tell lie about; to calumniate; to slander.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

bē̇ - lı̄ ´: Is the translation of בּחשׁ , kāḥash , "to be untrue" ( Jeremiah 5:12 ), "They have belied the Lord" (the American Standard Revised Version "denied Yahweh"), here used as synonym of "give the lie to."

καταψεύδομαι katapseúdomai kata kata katalaliá