Rᵉmîyâh — H7423

Definition

feminine noun

remissness, treachery

1. laxness, slackness, slackening, deceit, treachery

Usually translated as

deceitful, deceitfully, deceit, slothful, false, guile, idle, slack

Origin

from H7411

• Derived from Râmâh (H7411)

Greek equivalents

• ádikos (G94)
• ánomos (G459)
• dólios (G1386)
• dólos (G1388)

Occurrences

Rᵉmîyâh occurs 15 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (2), Psalms (6), Proverbs (4), Jeremiah (1), Hosea (1), Micah (1)

• Job 13:7 — Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully (רְמִיָּֽה) for him?
• Job 27:4 — My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit (רְמִיָּֽה).
• Psalms 32:2 — Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile (רְמִיָּה).
• Psalms 52:2 — Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully (רְמִיָּֽה).
• Psalms 78:57 — But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful (רְמִיָּֽה) bow.
• Psalms 101:7 — He that worketh deceit (רְמִ֫יָּ֥ה) shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
• Psalms 120:2 — Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful (רְמִיָּֽה) tongue.
• Psalms 120:3 — What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false (רְמִיָּֽה) tongue?
• Proverbs 10:4 — He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack (רְמִיָּ֑ה) hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
• Proverbs 12:24 — The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful (ו֝רְמִיָּ֗ה) shall be under tribute.
• Proverbs 12:27 — The slothful (רְמִיָּ֣ה) man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
• Proverbs 19:15 — Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle (רְמִיָּ֣ה) soul shall suffer hunger.
• Jeremiah 48:10 — Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully (רְמִיָּ֑ה), and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
• Hosea 7:16 — They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful (רְמִיָּ֔ה) bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
• Micah 6:12 — For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful (רְמִיָּ֥ה) in their mouth.