International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Belie

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Belie


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

In The Wisdom of Solomon 1:11 “belle” translates καταψεύδομαι, katapseúdomai (the kata prefix referring to the kata in katalaliá in the same verse), “A mouth that belieth destroyeth a soul.