- כדבא
- כַּדָּבָא, כַּדִּיב, כַּדִּיבָאm. (preced.) 1) liar; false. Targ. Prov. 19:22 (Ms. כַּדָּאבָא).Ber.59a, v. preced.Pl. כַּדָּבִין, כַּדָּבַיָּיא, כַּדִּי׳ Targ. Is. 30:9; a. e. 2) fiction-teller, story-teller.Pl. as ab. Y.Ber.IX, end, 14d כל כ׳ טביןוכ׳ all fiction-tellers are good, but those who tell their own inventions concerning the Law are bad; (Var. חרשיא, v. חַרְשָׁא; anoth. Var. ברכיא corr. acc.);(perh. to be read: כִּדְבַיָּא fictions, v. preced..
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.