- Original: נכל - Transliteration: Nakal - Phonetic: naw-kal' - Definition: 1. to be deceitful, be crafty, be knavish a. (Qal) 1. to be knavish 2. deceiver (participle) b. (Piel) to beguile c. (Hithpael) to act craftily, act knavishly, deal knavishly - Origin: a primary root - TWOT entry: 1366 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to defraud that is act treacherously: - beguile conspire deceiver deal subtilly. Total KJV Occurrences: 4 • beguiled, 1 Numbers 25:18 • conspired, 1 Genesis 37:18 • deceiver, 1 Malachi 1:14 • subtlely, 1 Psalm 105:25