Strong's Lexicon

H907

H907 — בַּד

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewbadnoun mascOccurrences: 6TWOT: 202a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H907
Word:בַּד
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H908
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:6
Transliteration:bad
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:bad
Meaning:1. a brag or lie 2. also a liar
KJV Renderings:liar, lie.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB910

II, III. בַּד see below I, II. בדד.


BDB916

III. [בַּד] noun masculine only Plural בַּדִּים.

a. empty, idle talk (Phoenician CIS3, 6 listen not to בדנם = Hebrew בַּדֵּיהֶם; compare [untranscribed source text 503] vain talk), especially with collateral idea of imaginary pretensions or claims: Job 11:3 בַּדֶּיךָ מְתִיםיַחֲרִישׁוּ thy idle talk brings men to silence (|| וַתִּלְעַג), Isa 16:6 (of Moab) לֹא כֵן בַּדָּיו his boastings are not right (unfounded), hence Jer 48:30.
b. concrete empty talkers, praters (compare Late Hebrew בַּדָּאָה, Syriac [untranscribed source text 504], liar), of false prophets, Isa 44:25; Jer 50:36.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אֲבֵדָה (ah-veh-dah’)

Exodus 22:9

KJV: For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
EHCC: 8(. for any manner of lost thing,

Deuteronomy 22:3

KJV: In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.
EHCC: with all lost thing of thy brother's,
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