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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."

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.»

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Belie'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/b/belie.html. 1915.

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