Strong G5571ψευδής
false
- Transliteration
- pseudēs
- Pronunciation
- psyoo-dace'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G5574; untrue that is erroneous 6
deceitful wicked: - false liar.
deceitful wicked: - false liar.
Detailed definition
ψευδής, -ές
(ψεύδομαι), [in LXX for שֶׁקֶר, שָׁוְא, כָּזָב; etc.;]
lying, false, untrue (of persons and things): Rev.2:2; μάρτυρες, Act.6:13; as subst., ὁ ψ., a liar: Rev.21:8.†
(AS)
(ψεύδομαι), [in LXX for שֶׁקֶר, שָׁוְא, כָּזָב; etc.;]
lying, false, untrue (of persons and things): Rev.2:2; μάρτυρες, Act.6:13; as subst., ὁ ψ., a liar: Rev.21:8.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5571 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- false1
- liar1
- liars1
First verses
- Acts 6:13And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
- Revelation 2:2I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
- Revelation 21:8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ψευδής, ές
(the neuter singular ψευδές is not found in early writers, ψεῦδος being used instead, compare ψεῦδος 111; it is found in later Gr., [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 669.54 (Egypt, 1st c.AD), 4th c.AD: Palaephatus Paradoxographus 6, +others, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).782); _genitive_ _sing._ ψευδοῦς [prev. author] 15.168)]; old Attic dialect accusative plural ψευδᾶς [Refs (“IG” 12.700)]: (ψεύδομαι):— lying, false, untrue, of things, opposed to ἀληθής, ψ. λόγοι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 229; μῦθοι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 685, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1288 (_anapaest meter_))]; τρέπεσθαι ἐπὶ ψευδέα ὁδόν to betake oneself to falsehood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.117)]; ψ. κατηγορία, αἰτίαι, false charges, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.183, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.138, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.41.3; λόγοι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 526; λόγος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 240e, “Cra.” 385b: ψ. λόγοι)] are also fallacies, in Logic, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 162b3ff)]; ἥδε ἡ ψ. οὐσία this unreal Being (i.e. the world of sense), [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.8.9)]: irregular superlative ψευδίστατος, εἴδη [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 14.37.)]
2 of persons, lying, false, and as substantive, liar, οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ ψευδέσσι πατὴρ Ζεὺς ἔσσετ᾽ ἀρωγός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.235 (only here in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)]; perhaps ψεύδεσσι from ψεῦδος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (is the true accent; so Hermappias cited in Hdn.Gr. 2.45 against 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus and Ptol.Asc. [prev. passage]); τοὺς θεοὺς ψευδεῖς τίθης 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 992, compare “Ant.” 657; ψ. ἔφυς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1608)]; ψ. φανήσεσθαι to be detected in falsehood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.27, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 148b; Κριτίαν ψευδῆ ἐπιδείξω [prev. author] “Chrm.” 158d)]: irregular superlative ψευδίστατος arrant liar, [Refs (EM 110.29, compare 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1441.25.)]
3 τὰ ψευδῆ falsehoods, lies, οὐ ψευδῆ λέγω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 625, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.10, etc.; οὐκ ἔσθ᾽ ὅπως λέξαιμι τὰ ψευδῆ καλά 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 620; τινὰς ψ. διαβάλλειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 64; ψευδῶν συγκολλητής [prev. author] “Nu.” 446 (_anapaest meter_).)]
4 ψευδέων ἀγορή, in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 3.1)]. ή, ιβ, said to be a name of the monkey-market, perhaps as being villanous counterfeits of humanity.
II passive, beguiled, deceived, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 852.)]
III adverb ψευδῶς falsely, λέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “IT” 1309 codices; προσποιήσασθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137)]; mistakenly, ψ. δοξάζειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 40d; ψ. γενέσθαι τὸν φόβον)]groundlessly, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.110.7.)]
(the neuter singular ψευδές is not found in early writers, ψεῦδος being used instead, compare ψεῦδος 111; it is found in later Gr., [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 669.54 (Egypt, 1st c.AD), 4th c.AD: Palaephatus Paradoxographus 6, +others, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).782); _genitive_ _sing._ ψευδοῦς [prev. author] 15.168)]; old Attic dialect accusative plural ψευδᾶς [Refs (“IG” 12.700)]: (ψεύδομαι):— lying, false, untrue, of things, opposed to ἀληθής, ψ. λόγοι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 229; μῦθοι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 685, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1288 (_anapaest meter_))]; τρέπεσθαι ἐπὶ ψευδέα ὁδόν to betake oneself to falsehood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.117)]; ψ. κατηγορία, αἰτίαι, false charges, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.183, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.138, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.41.3; λόγοι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 526; λόγος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 240e, “Cra.” 385b: ψ. λόγοι)] are also fallacies, in Logic, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 162b3ff)]; ἥδε ἡ ψ. οὐσία this unreal Being (i.e. the world of sense), [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.8.9)]: irregular superlative ψευδίστατος, εἴδη [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 14.37.)]
2 of persons, lying, false, and as substantive, liar, οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ ψευδέσσι πατὴρ Ζεὺς ἔσσετ᾽ ἀρωγός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.235 (only here in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)]; perhaps ψεύδεσσι from ψεῦδος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (is the true accent; so Hermappias cited in Hdn.Gr. 2.45 against 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus and Ptol.Asc. [prev. passage]); τοὺς θεοὺς ψευδεῖς τίθης 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 992, compare “Ant.” 657; ψ. ἔφυς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1608)]; ψ. φανήσεσθαι to be detected in falsehood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.27, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 148b; Κριτίαν ψευδῆ ἐπιδείξω [prev. author] “Chrm.” 158d)]: irregular superlative ψευδίστατος arrant liar, [Refs (EM 110.29, compare 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1441.25.)]
3 τὰ ψευδῆ falsehoods, lies, οὐ ψευδῆ λέγω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 625, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.10, etc.; οὐκ ἔσθ᾽ ὅπως λέξαιμι τὰ ψευδῆ καλά 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 620; τινὰς ψ. διαβάλλειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 64; ψευδῶν συγκολλητής [prev. author] “Nu.” 446 (_anapaest meter_).)]
4 ψευδέων ἀγορή, in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 3.1)]. ή, ιβ, said to be a name of the monkey-market, perhaps as being villanous counterfeits of humanity.
II passive, beguiled, deceived, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 852.)]
III adverb ψευδῶς falsely, λέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “IT” 1309 codices; προσποιήσασθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137)]; mistakenly, ψ. δοξάζειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 40d; ψ. γενέσθαι τὸν φόβον)]groundlessly, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.110.7.)]