🔼The name Cozbi: Summary
- Meaning
- False, Lying
- Etymology
- From the verb כזב (kazab), to lie.
🔼The name Cozbi in the Bible
Cozbi is the Midianite woman, daughter of Zur, whom Zimri the Simeonite brings into the camp of Israel camp during the Peor incident. Both are executed by Phinehas (Numbers 25:6-18).
🔼Etymology of the name Cozbi
The name Cozbi comes from the Hebrew verb כזב (kazab), meaning to lie:
Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
כזב
The verb כזב (kazab) means to lie or fail. When it's applied to a stream, the stream is dry. Noun כזב (kazab) means a lie or deception. Adjective אכזב ('akzab) means deceptive or disappointing.
The letter י (yod) upon which this name ends indicates possession, and turns the name into an adjective or ethnonym, or forms the compound "My Lie".
🔼Cozbi meaning
For a meaning of the name Cozbi, NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads False. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names proposes Lying.