Biblical Hebrew H4820 noun feminine 39 occurrences

מִרְמָה

Transliteration: mirma (mirmâ)

Pronunciation: /meer-MAW/

“deceit, treachery, guile, fraud”

Deceit, craftiness, fraud, false balances; moral treachery condemned in wisdom literature and absent from the Suffering Servant (Isaiah 53:9).

Lexical & Etymological Analysis

From רָמָה (H7411) to beguile, deceive.

deceitdeceitfulfalseguile

Cross-Testament Bridge

How this lemma bridges Old Testament Hebrew and New Testament Koine Greek through the Septuagint (LXX) translation tradition.

LXX conceptual translation: מִרְמָה (deceit, treachery, guile, fraud) -> δόλος (a bait, a snare, craft, deceit)

LXX conceptual translation: מִרְמָה (deceit, treachery, guile, fraud) -> δόλιος (deceitful)

Direct Cross-Language Equivalents:

G1388 δόλος (dolos — “a bait, a snare, craft, deceit”)

Foundational passages where מִרְמָה (mirma) carries significant theological or narrative weight.