*kVḏVb-: 'deceive'

Root

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	kaḏaba 'lie' (Lane 2597); kāḏib, kaḏḏāb, kaḏūb 'lying; a liar; … a great, or habitual, liar' (Lane 2600)	Lane 2597; Lane 2600
Aramaic	KDB 'lie'	Anderson–Moser 2024 root kḏb
Hebrew	kazab 'lie'	Anderson–Moser 2024 root kḏb
Amorite	kdb (Huffmon APNM 221); kuḏub (Buck 2019, 328)	Huffmon APNM 221; Buck 2019, 328	gloss withheld
Canaanite	EA kazābu, kazbūtu, ki-zi-ib-tu (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 32, fn. 549); kazābu (CAD K 309)	Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.2 no. 32, fn. 549; CAD K 309	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	kdb (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 32); kaddāb; kaddābūtā (Payne Smith 205)	Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.2 no. 32; Payne Smith 205	gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaic	kidbā (HALOT BArm. s.v. כִּדְבָה)	HALOT BArm. s.v. כִּדְבָה	gloss withheld

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Updated 22 October 2026