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1. nvt., Tricky, mischievous, dishonest; deceit; to deceive.

  • Examples:
    • ʻO ka poʻe hoʻokiʻekiʻe ua ʻepa wahaheʻe mai lākou iaʻu (Hal. 119.69), the proud have forged a lie against me.
  • References:

2. n., Also epa Ephah.

  • Eng.
  • References:
    • See ex., hua pale, Puk. 16.36.

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hamani To fake out, in basketball. ʻEpa aku nei ʻo ia ma ka ʻākau, ka hema; kaha ihola ʻo ia ma waena o nā kūpale ʻelua. He faked to the right, the left; he made the drive right through the two defenders. Lit., deceive. See pākī ʻepa.

s. Heb. Name of a dry measure; an epha, Nah. 5:15.

v. To be deceived; to be led into error.

2. To be deceitful.

3. To steal.

4. To backbite; e wahahee, e hoopunipuni, e alapahi.

5. Hoo. To act basely or treacherously; also, epaepa with hoo; auhea oukou e ka poe i kapa ae nei, he pono ka hooepaepa? Epa wahahee, to get up a lie or false report. Hal. 119:69.

s. One who is false to his trust.

2. An act of villainy; fraud, or artifice.

3. Falsehood; forgery, by getting property in the name of another; haku epa, one who speaks falsely to the hurt of another.

adj. False; deceitful.

s. Heb. Name of a Hebrew measure; an ephah. Lunk. 6:19; Puk. 16:36.

Epa (ĕ'-pă), adj.

/ ĕ'-pă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

False; deceitful.

Epa (ĕ'-pă), n.

/ ĕ'-pă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. One who is false to his trust.

2. A falsehood; a fraud or artifice; a forgery.

3. One who speaks falsely to do harm to another.

4. An ancient Jewish dry measure; an ephah.

Epa (ĕ'-pă), v.

/ ĕ'-pă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To be deceitful.

2. To steal.

3. To backbite: Syn: E epa, e wahahee, e hoopunipuni, e alapahi.

Forgery, deceit, treachery.

One who is false to his trust; an act of villainy, fraud, or forgery; to steal, backbite.

I. he mea ana o ka poe Hebera, ekolu peka a me na paina ekolu. He mea ana i na mea maloo ka epa, e like me ka bale, Ruta 2:17; a me ka palaoa, Nah. 5:15; Lun. 6:19; ua like no kona nui me ka bato, ka mea ana i na mea wai. E nana BATO.

II. Ke keiki a Midiana, a he moopuna o Aberahama, Kin. 25:4, ka mea i noho iho a haawi i kona inoa i kahi aina ma Arabia, kokoke paha ia i Midiana, Is. 60:6.

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