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Deuteronomy 19

Deut. 19:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If a false
chamac (Hebrew #2555)
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
KJV usage: cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, X oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
Pronounce: khaw-mawce'
Origin: from 2554
witness
`ed (Hebrew #5707)
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
KJV usage: witness.
Pronounce: ayd
Origin: contracted from 5749
rise up
quwm (Hebrew #6965)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
KJV usage: abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).
Pronounce: koom
Origin: a primitive root
against any man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
to testify
`anah (Hebrew #6030)
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
KJV usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, X scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
against him θthat which is wrong
carah (Hebrew #5627)
apostasy, crime; figuratively, remission
KJV usage: X continual, rebellion, revolt((-ed)), turn away, wrong.
Pronounce: saw-raw'
Origin: from 5493
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or, falling away.

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Cross References

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a false witness.
Ex. 23:1‑7• 1Thou shalt not accept a false report; extend not thy hand to the wicked, to be an unrighteous witness.
 2Thou shalt not follow the multitude for evil; neither shalt thou answer in a cause, to go after the multitude to pervert judgment.
 3Neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause.
 4--If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt certainly bring it back to him.
 5If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under its burden, beware of leaving it to him: thou shalt certainly loosen it with him.
 6Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
 7Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked. (Ex. 23:1‑7)
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1 Kings 21:10‑13• 10and set two men, sons of Belial, before him, and they shall bear witness against him saying, Thou didst curse God and the king; and carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
 11And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles that dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it was written in the letter that she had sent to them:
 12they proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.
 13And there came the two men, sons of Belial, and sat before him; and the men of Belial witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. And they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. (1 Kings 21:10‑13)
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Psa. 27:12• 12Deliver me not over to the will of mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence. (Psa. 27:12)
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Psa. 35:11• 11Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they lay to my charge things which I know not. (Psa. 35:11)
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Mark 14:55‑59• 55And the chief priests and the whole sanhedrim sought testimony against Jesus to cause him to be put to death, and did not find any.
 56For many bore false witness against him, and their testimony did not agree.
 57And certain persons rose up and bore false witness against him, saying,
 58*We* heard him saying, *I* will destroy this temple which is made with hands, and in the course of three days I will build another not made with hands.
 59And neither thus did their testimony agree. (Mark 14:55‑59)
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Acts 6:13• 13And they set false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against the holy place and the law; (Acts 6:13)
that which is wrong.
or, falling away.

J. N. Darby Translation

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If an unrighteous witnessc rise up against any man to testify against him of an offence;

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "witness of violence,"