Strong's Lexicon
G5574 — ψεύδομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5574 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ψεύδομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | middle voice of an apparently primary verb |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 12 |
| Transliteration: | pseudomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | psyoo'-dom-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to utter a lie or attempt to deceive by falsehood |
| KJV Renderings: | falsely, lie |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ψεύδομαι; 1 aorist ἐψευσάμην; (deponent middle of ψεύδω (allied with ψιθυρίζω etc. (Vanicek, p. 1195)) ’to deceive’, ’cheat’; hence, properly, to show oneself deceitful, to play false); from Homer down; to lie, to speak deliberate falsehoods: Heb 6:18; 1Jn 1:6; Rev 3:9; οὐ ψεύδομαι, Rom 9:1; 2Co 11:31; Gal 1:20; 1Ti 2:7; τινα, to deceive one by a lie, to lie to (Euripides, Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plutarch, others): Act 5:3; like verbs of saying, with a dative of the person (cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 5; Buttmann, § 133, 1; Green, p. 100f), Act 5:4 (Psalm 17:45 (); Psalm 77:36 (); Psalm 88:36 (); Jos 24:27; (Jer 5:12), etc.); εἰς τινα, Col 3:9; κατά τίνος, against one, Mat 5:11 (L G omit; Tr marginal reading brackets ψευδόμενοι; others connect καθ’ ὑμῶν with εἴπωσι and make ψευδόμενοι a simple adjunct of mode (A. V. falsely)); κατά τῆς ἀληθείας, Jas 3:14 (here Tdf. makes ψεύδεσθε absolutely; cf. Winers Grammar, 470 (438) n. 3). (The Sept. for ëÄÌçÄùÑ and ëÄÌæÅÌá.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ψεύδομαι (falsely)
Matthew 5:11
- KJV: Blessed are ye when shall revile you and persecute and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake
- GK: μακάριοί εστέ όταν ονειδίσωσιν υμάς και διώξωσι και είπωσι παν πονηρόν ρήμα καθ΄ υμών ψευδόμενοι ένεκεν εμού
Acts 5:3
- KJV: But Peter said Ananias why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost and to keep back of the price of the land
- GK: είπε δε Πέτρος Ανανία διατί επλήρωσεν ο Σατανάς την καρδίαν σου ψεύσασθαί σε το πνεύμα το άγιον και νοσφίσασθαι από της τιμής του χωρίου
Acts 5:4
- KJV: Whiles it remained was it not thine own and after it was sold was it not in thine own power why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart thou hast not lied unto men but unto God
- GK: ουχί μένον σοι έμενε και πραθέν εν τη ση εξουσία υπήρχε τι ότι έθου εν τη καρδία σου το πράγμα τούτο ουκ εψεύσω ανθρώποις αλλά τω θεώ
Romans 9:1
- KJV: I say the truth in Christ I lie not my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost
- GK: αλήθειαν λέγω εν χριστώ ου ψεύδομαι συμμαρτυρούσης μοι της συνειδήσεώς μου εν πνεύματι αγίω
2 Corinthians 11:31
- KJV: The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ which is blessed for evermore knoweth that I lie not
- GK: ο θεός και πατήρ του κυρίου Ιησού χριστού οίδεν ο ων ευλογητός εις τους αιώνας ότι ου ψεύδομαι
Galatians 1:20
- KJV: Now the things which I write unto you behold before God I lie not
- GK: α δε γράφω υμίν ιδού ενώπιον του θεού ότι ου ψεύδομαι
Colossians 3:9
- KJV: Lie not one to another seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds
- GK: μη ψεύδεσθε εις αλλήλους απεκδυσάμενοι τον παλαιόν άνθρωπον συν ταις πράξεσιν αυτου
1 Timothy 2:7
- KJV: Where unto I am ordained a preacher and an apostle I speak the truth in Christ lie not a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity
- GK: εις ο ετέθην εγώ κήρυξ και απόστολος αλήθειαν λέγω εν χριστώ ου ψεύδομαι διδάσκαλος εθνών εν πίστει και αληθεία
Hebrews 6:18
- KJV: That by two immutable things in which impossible for God to lie we might have a strong consolation who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us
- GK: ίνα διά δύο πραγμάτων αμεταθέτων εν οις αδύνατον ψεύσασθαι θεόν ισχυράν παράκλησιν έχωμεν οι καταφυγόντες κρατήσαι της προκειμένης ελπίδος