Deceit
Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words [1]
Shâv' ( שַׁו , Strong'S #7723), “deceit; deception; malice; falsity; vanity; emptiness.” The 53 occurrences of shâv' are primarily in poetry. The basic meaning of this word is “deceit” or “deception,” “malice,” and “falsehood.” This meaning emerges when shâv' is used in a legal context: “Put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous —witness” (Exod. 23:1). Used in cultic contexts, the word bears these same overtones but may be rendered variously. For example, in Ps. 31:6 the word may be rendered “vain” (KJV, “lying”), in the sense of “deceitful” (cf. Ezek. 12:24). Eliphaz described the ungodly as those who trust in “emptiness” or “deception,” though they gain nothing but emptiness as a reward for that trust (Job 15:31).
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( n.) An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe what is false; a contrivance to entrap; deception; a wily device; fraud.
(2): ( n.) Any trick, collusion, contrivance, false representation, or underhand practice, used to defraud another. When injury is thereby effected, an action of deceit, as it called, lies for compensation.
Charles Buck Theological Dictionary [3]
Consists in passing any thing upon a person for what it is not, as when falsehood is made to pass for truth.
See Hypocrisy
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
dē̇ sēt מרמה mirmāh δόλος dólos Psalm 10:7 Proverbs 26:24 Mark 7:22 Romans 1:29 Proverbs 14:25 2 Thessalonians 2:10 Psalm 55:11 Proverbs 20:17 Proverbs 26:26 1 Thessalonians 2:3
