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Lexicon :: Strong's G5574 - pseudomai

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ψεύδομαι
Transliteration
pseudomai (Key)
Pronunciation
psyoo'-dom-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Middle voice of an apparently primary verb
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:594,1339

Strong’s Definitions

ψεύδομαι pseúdomai, psyoo'-dom-ahee; middle voice of an apparently primary verb; to utter an untruth or attempt to deceive by falsehood:—falsely, lie.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G5574 in the following manner: lie (11x), falsely (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G5574 in the following manner: lie (11x), falsely (1x).
  1. to lie, to speak deliberate falsehoods

  2. to deceive one by a lie, to lie to

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ψεύδομαι pseúdomai, psyoo'-dom-ahee; middle voice of an apparently primary verb; to utter an untruth or attempt to deceive by falsehood:—falsely, lie.
STRONGS G5574:
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: Hebrews 6:18; 1 John 1:6; Revelation 3:9; οὐ ψεύδομαι, Romans 9:1; 2 Corinthians 11:31; Galatians 1:20; 1 Timothy 2:7; τινα, to deceive one by a lie, to lie to (Euripides, Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plutarch, others): Acts 5:3; like verbs of saying, with a dative of the person (cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 5; Buttmann, § 133, 1; Green, p. 100f), Acts 5:4 (Psalm 17:45 (Ps. 18:45); Psalm 77:36 (Ps. 78:36); Psalm 88:36 (Ps. 89:36); Joshua 24:27; (Jeremiah 5:12), etc.); εἰς τινα, Colossians 3:9; κατά τίνος, against one, Matthew 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, James 3:14 (here Tdf. makes ψεύδεσθε absolutely; cf. Winers Grammar, 470 (438) n. 3). (The Sept. for כִּחִשׁ and כִּזֵּב.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Joshua
24:27
Psalms
18:45; 78:36; 89:36
Jeremiah
5:12
Matthew
5:11
Acts
5:3; 5:4
Romans
9:1
2 Corinthians
11:31
Galatians
1:20
Colossians
3:9
1 Timothy
2:7
Hebrews
6:18
James
3:14
1 John
1:6
Revelation
3:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5574 matches the Greek ψεύδομαι (pseudomai),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:11 -

“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely G5574 say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:3 - But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie G5574 to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the price of the land?
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:4 - “While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not [fn]under your authority? Why is it that you laid this deed in your heart? You have not lied G5574 to men but to God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:1 -

I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying G5574, my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit,

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:31 - The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, He who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying G5574.
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:20 - (Now in what I am writing to you, [fn]I assure you before God that I am not lying G5574!)
Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:9 - [fn]Do not lie G5574 to one another, since you put off the old man with its evil practices,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 2:7 - For this I was appointed a [fn]preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying G5574) as a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:18 - so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie G5574, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:14 - But if you have bitter jealousy and [fn]selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie G5574 against the truth.
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:6 - If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie G5574 and do not do the truth;
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:9 - ‘Behold, I am giving up those of the synagogue of Satan, those who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie G5574. Behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and make them know that I have loved you.
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