Strong G5575ψευδομάρτυρ

false witness

Transliteration
pseudomartur
Pronunciation
psyoo-dom-ar'-toor
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From G5571 and a kindred form of G3144; a spurious witness that is bearer of untrue testimony: - false witness.

Detailed definition

ψευδο-μάρτυς, -υρος, ὁ
[in LXX: Dan LXX Su 1:60-61 Bl *;]
a false witness: Mat.26:60; with genitive obj. (see WM, § 30, 1a), 1Co.15:15.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G5575 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • witness2

First verses

  1. Matthew 26:60
    But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:15
    Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ψευδομάρτυς, ῠρος, ὁ,
false witness, plural in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “Pal.” 23, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 472b, 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 61: _sing._, “IG” 5(2).357.4 (Stymphalus, 3rd c.BC): ψευδομάρτυρες τοῦ θεοῦ)] false witnesses about God, [NT (NT.1Cor.15.15)]; as adjective, τὰν δίκαν τὰν ψευδομάρτυρα the action for false witness, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae l)].with l. 8; ψ. τιμαί honours attesting no real merit, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.821f.)]