Strong G5583ψεύστης

liar

Transliteration
pseustēs
Pronunciation
psyoos-tace'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From G5574; a falsifier: - liar.

Detailed definition

ψεύστης, -ου, ὁ
(ψεύδω), [in LXX: Psa.116:11 (כָּזַב), Pro.19:22 A N2 (כָּזָב), Sir.15:8 25:2 *;]
a liar: Jhn.8:44, 55, Rom.3:4, 1Ti.1:10, Tit.1:12, 1Jn.1:10 Jn 2:4 Jn 2:22 Jn 4:20 Jn 5:10.†
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In the Bible

Strong G5583 appears in 10 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • liar10

First verses

  1. John 8:44
    Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
  2. John 8:55
    Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
  3. Romans 3:4
    God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
  4. 1 Timothy 1:10
    For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
  5. Titus 1:12
    One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
  6. 1 John 1:10
    If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
  7. 1 John 2:4
    He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
  8. 1 John 2:22
    Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
  9. 1 John 4:20
    If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
  10. 1 John 5:10
    He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ψεύσ-της, ου, ὁ,
(ψεύδω) liar, cheat, [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.261; ἀνὴρ ψ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.209, cf. LXX.Sir.15.8:)] with genitive _of things_, ὧν.. ψεῦσται φανούμεθα wherein we shall be found to be liars, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1195, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1127b16, “Anthologia Graeca” 12.70 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus), 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1457.12.)]
2 adjective, ={ψευδής}, lying, false, ψ. λόγος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.29)]; ψεύστης δ᾽ οτος ἔπεστι λίθος, of a cenotaph, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.273 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus))]; τὸν ψεύσταν δέ με τύμβον.. θέντο· τί θαῦμ; Κρῆτες ὅπου ψεῦσται, καὶ Διός ἐστι τάφος[Refs 6th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 275 (1st c.AD: Gaetulicus, Cn. Lentulus Epigrammaticus), alluding to Κρῆτες ἀεὶ ψεῦσται, 6th c.BC: Epimenides Philosophus 1)], which is cited by [NT+3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Jovem” 8, NT.Tit.1.12.)]